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#631 opened on Jun 10, 2021 1 comment 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Difficulty: 4/5
Estimated time: 3-5 days
Newbie friendliness: 35/100

Issue type: Bug
Clarity: Mostly clear
Activity status: Stale
Tech stack: lua, macos, postgresql
Domain: build-system

Research direction

Start with /Applications/Postgres.app/Contents/Versions/13/lib/postgresql/pgxs/src/Makefile.global and inspect the LD setting and its note about the configure script. Reproduce the PL/lua extension build on macOS Big Sur with the current Xcode command-line tools, then trace the generation path so the extension builds without manually editing the generated file.

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Description

Having downloaded the latest Postgres App I've spent a while trying to build the PL/lua extension on macOS Big Sur. The build initially failed because it was trying to link using /Applications/Xcode-11.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/ld. In later versions of the Xcode command line tools, it should now (at least on my system) be Applications/Xcode/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/ld.

I finally tracked the hard coded path to a setting for LD in /Applications/Postgres.app/Contents/Versions/13/lib/postgresql/pgxs/src/Makefile.global. Editing it works fine, but noting the comments that the file is created by the configure script -- which I couldn't find -- and that should any edits be needed it is a bug, I thought I should let you know.

Thanks for maintaining Postgres App!

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