Perl fixes from Brook Milligan

1 files changed, 30 insertions, 31 deletions

diff --git a/src/interfaces/perl5/Makefile.PL b/src/interfaces/perl5/Makefile.PL
index 2accab41f9..f85a1c15b6 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/perl5/Makefile.PL
+++ b/src/interfaces/perl5/Makefile.PL
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #-------------------------------------------------------
 #
-# $Id: Makefile.PL,v 1.9 1998/09/27 19:12:21 mergl Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile.PL,v 1.10 1998/10/16 04:37:38 momjian Exp $
 #
 # Copyright (c) 1997, 1998  Edmund Mergl
 #
@@ -10,29 +10,25 @@ use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;
 use Config;
 use strict;
 
-# because the perl5 interface is always contained in the source tree,
-# we can be sure about the location of the include files and libs.
-# For development and testing we still test for POSTGRES_HOME.
-#
-#print "\nConfiguring Pg\n";
-#print "Remember to actually read the README file !\n";
-#die "\nYou didn't read the README file !\n" unless ($] >= 5.002);
-#
-#if (! $ENV{POSTGRES_HOME}) {
-#    warn "\$POSTGRES_HOME not defined. Searching for PostgreSQL...\n";
-#    foreach(qw(../../../ /usr/local/pgsql /usr/pgsql /home/pgsql /opt/pgsql /usr/local/postgres /usr/postgres /home/postgres /opt/postgres)) {
-#        if (-d "$_/lib") {
-#            $ENV{POSTGRES_HOME} = $_;
-#            last;
-#        }
-#    }
-#}
-#
-#if (-d "$ENV{POSTGRES_HOME}/lib") {
-#    print "Found PostgreSQL in $ENV{POSTGRES_HOME}\n";
-#} else {
-#    die "Unable to determine PostgreSQL\n";
-#}
+# This Makefile.PL is intended for standalone use when PostgreSQL is
+# already installed.  In that case, install the perl module as follows:
+# 
+#    setenv POSTGRES_HOME /path/to/root/of/installed/postgres
+#    perl Makefile.PL
+#    make
+#    make test
+#    make install
+
+# During normal installation of PostgreSQL, this file will be replaced
+# by one derived from Makefile.PL.in so that the installed shared
+# library libpq.so will be found during installation of this module.
+# As a result, the POSTGRES_HOME environment variable need not be set
+# during PostgreSQL installation.  Note that ../Makefile takes care of
+# the `perl Makefile.PL' command.  Note also that it is still possible
+# to follow the standalone installation procedure, even after
+# configuring and installing PostgreSQL, because the `else'
+# conditional branch below is identical in both Makefile.PL and
+# Makefile.PL.in.
 
 my %opts;
 
@@ -41,14 +37,17 @@ if (! $ENV{POSTGRES_HOME}) {
     my $cwd = `pwd`;
     chop $cwd;
 
-    %opts = (
-        NAME         => 'Pg',
-        VERSION_FROM => 'Pg.pm',
-        INC          => "-I$cwd/../libpq -I$cwd/../../include",
-        OBJECT       => "Pg\$(OBJ_EXT)",
-        LIBS         => ["-L$cwd/../libpq -lpq"],
-    );
+    print "To install the perl interface for PostgreSQL do the following:\n";
+    print "  - install PostgreSQL\n";
+    print "  - set the POSTGRES_HOME environment variable appropriately\n";
+    print "  - in this directory ($cwd):\n";
+    print "    perl Makefile.PL\n";
+    print "    make\n";
+    print "    make test	[ with a postmaster running ]\n";
+    print "    make install\n";
 
+    exit(1);
+  
 } else {
 
     %opts = (