We now use pg_config in setup.py (closes: #70).

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 96d1523..f8ab2ee 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -20,16 +20,23 @@ use_decimal=0
 # uncommenting the following line and setting its value to the right path.
 #mx_include_dir=
 
-# "include_dirs" is the preferred method for locating postgresql headers,
-# but some extra checks on sys.platform will still be done in setup.py.
+# "pg_config" is the preferred method to locate PostgreSQL headers and
+# libraries needed to build psycopg2. If pg_config is not in the path or
+# is installed under a different name uncomment the following option and
+# set it to the pg_config full path.
+#pg_config=
+
+# If "pg_config" is not available, "include_dirs" can be used to locate 
+# postgresql headers and libraries. Some extra checks on sys.platform will
+# still be done in setup.py.
 # The next line is the default as used on psycopg author Debian laptop:
-include_dirs=.:/usr/include/postgresql:/usr/include/postgresql/server
+#include_dirs=/usr/include/postgresql:/usr/include/postgresql/server
 
 # Uncomment next line on Mandrake 10.x (and comment previous ones):
-#include_dirs=.:/usr/include/pgsql/8.0:/usr/include/pgsql/8.0/server 
+#include_dirs=/usr/include/pgsql/8.0:/usr/include/pgsql/8.0/server 
 
 # Uncomment next line on SUSE 9.3 (and comment previous ones):
-#include_dirs=.:/usr/include/pgsql:/usr/include/pgsql/server
+#include_dirs=/usr/include/pgsql:/usr/include/pgsql/server
 
 # If postgresql is installed somewhere weird (i.e., not in your runtime library
 # path like /usr/lib), just add the right path in "library_dirs" and any extra