Opened 16 years ago
Closed 16 years ago
#187 closed defect (wontfix)
--prefix shows invalid default location
| Reported by: | kneufeld | Owned by: | pramsey |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priority: | low | Milestone: | PostGIS 1.4.0 |
| Component: | postgis | Version: | |
| Keywords: | Cc: |
Description
Steps to reproduce the problem: ./configure --help | tail -n 76 | head -n 2
What do you see?
--prefix=PREFIX install architecture-independent files in PREFIX
What should you see?
--prefix=PREFIX install architecture-independent files in PREFIX
[${POSTGRESQL_HOME}]
Or something more sensible. PostGIS doesn't actually default to /usr/local, but to the PostgreSQL installation directory specified by pg_config.
It seems this caused confusion in a recent user's post.
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Isn't the real problem here that prefix is meaningless? It doesn't *do* anything, all the stuff is installed where pg_config says.