In the plperl and plpython makefiles we look for a shared library of libperl or libpython, and if it's not found, we check for allow_nonpic_in_shlib, and if that's yes, then we proceed anyway. Apparently, and IIRC, this was set up in a time when those shared libraries were not available through standard builds, but I think that hasn't been the case for quite a while.
The only platforms where we set allow_nonpick_in_shlib is linux and freebsd/i386 (presumably an obsolescent combination). Are there any Linux builds that don't supply the required shared libraries? I suspend this hack isn't useful anymore and ought to be removed. -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
