Nikolay Samokhvalov wrote:
> The current (CVS version) configure script has the following options
> (among many others):
>
> --enable-dtrace build with DTrace support
> --with-ossp-uuid build with OSSP UUID library for UUID generation
> --with-libxml build with XML support
> --with-libxslt build with XSLT support
>
> One could think that adding any of this option to ./configure before
> building Postgres from sources, he will have corresponding support
> after installation and initdb process. But what we have now is the
> huge difference between "--with-libxml" and "--with-libxslt": while
> the first one adds XML support to the core, the second one doesn't
> provide anything automatically, it allows only using contirb/xml2
> (what is unclear because the help message is the same as for
> --with-libxml -- "build with ... support").
I have modified the configure message to be:
--with-libxslt build /contrib/xml2 with XSLT support
Patch attached.
> Also, comparing --enable-dtrace and --with-libxml I cannot see any
> difference in its semantics: --enable-dtrace also depends on external
> library and configure process fails if the system doesn't have it. So
> why "--enable-" is used in the first case and "--with-" in the second
> one?
I think the reason for this is because XML is seen as something added to
the backend (new capability) while dtrace is embedded in the backend.
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Index: configure
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/configure,v
retrieving revision 1.566
diff -c -c -r1.566 configure
*** configure 29 Oct 2007 11:25:42 -0000 1.566
--- configure 4 Nov 2007 17:52:55 -0000
***************
*** 898,904 ****
--with-libedit-preferred prefer BSD Libedit over GNU Readline
--with-ossp-uuid build with OSSP UUID library for UUID generation
--with-libxml build with XML support
! --with-libxslt build with XSLT support
--with-system-tzdata=DIR use system time zone data in DIR
--without-zlib do not use Zlib
--with-gnu-ld assume the C compiler uses GNU ld [default=no]
--- 898,904 ----
--with-libedit-preferred prefer BSD Libedit over GNU Readline
--with-ossp-uuid build with OSSP UUID library for UUID generation
--with-libxml build with XML support
! --with-libxslt build /contrib/xml2 with XSLT support
--with-system-tzdata=DIR use system time zone data in DIR
--without-zlib do not use Zlib
--with-gnu-ld assume the C compiler uses GNU ld [default=no]
Index: configure.in
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/configure.in,v
retrieving revision 1.532
diff -c -c -r1.532 configure.in
*** configure.in 29 Oct 2007 11:25:42 -0000 1.532
--- configure.in 4 Nov 2007 17:52:55 -0000
***************
*** 600,607 ****
#
# XSLT
#
! PGAC_ARG_BOOL(with, libxslt, no, [ --with-libxslt build with XSLT support],
! [AC_DEFINE([USE_LIBXSLT], 1, [Define to 1 to build with XSLT support. (--with-libxslt)])])
AC_SUBST(with_libxslt)
--- 600,607 ----
#
# XSLT
#
! PGAC_ARG_BOOL(with, libxslt, no, [ --with-libxslt build /contrib/xml2 with XSLT support],
! [AC_DEFINE([USE_LIBXSLT], 1, [Define to 1 to build /contrib/xml2 with XSLT support. (--with-libxslt)])])
AC_SUBST(with_libxslt)
Index: doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.294
diff -c -c -r1.294 installation.sgml
*** doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml 6 Oct 2007 15:50:43 -0000 1.294
--- doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml 4 Nov 2007 17:52:56 -0000
***************
*** 973,981 ****
<term><option>--with-libxslt</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
! Build with libxslt. The <filename>contrib/xml2</> module
! relies on this library to perform Stylesheet transformations of
! XML.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
--- 973,981 ----
<term><option>--with-libxslt</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
! Build <filename>/contrib/xml2</> with libxslt.
! <filename>/contrib/xml2</> relies on this library to perform
! Stylesheet transformations of XML.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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