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#!/bin/sh

# If postgresql-server-dev-* is installed, call pg_config from the latest
# available one. Otherwise fall back to libpq-dev's version.
#
# (C) 2011 Martin Pitt <mpitt@debian.org>
#
#  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
#  (at your option) any later version.
#
#  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
#  GNU General Public License for more details.

set -e
PGBINROOT="/usr/lib/postgresql/"
#redhat# PGBINROOT="/usr/pgsql-"
LATEST_SERVER_DEV=`ls $PGBINROOT*/bin/pg_config 2>/dev/null|tail -n1`

if [ -n "$LATEST_SERVER_DEV" ]; then
    exec "$LATEST_SERVER_DEV" "$@"
else
    if [ -x /usr/bin/pg_config.libpq-dev ]; then
	exec /usr/bin/pg_config.libpq-dev "$@"
    else
	echo "You need to install postgresql-server-dev-X.Y for building a server-side extension or libpq-dev for building a client-side application." >&2
	exit 1
    fi
fi