@@ -1809,10 +1809,35 @@ include $(PGXS)
18091809 setting <varname>PG_CONFIG</varname> to point to its
18101810 <command>pg_config</command> program, either within the makefile
18111811 or on the <literal>make</literal> command line.
1812- You can also select a separate installation directory for your extension
1813- by setting the <literal>make</literal> variable <varname>prefix</varname>
1814- on the <literal>make</literal> command line. (But this will then require
1815- additional setup to get the server to find the extension there.)
1812+ </para>
1813+
1814+ <para>
1815+ You can also select a separate directory prefix in which to install your
1816+ extension's files by setting the <literal>make</literal> variable
1817+ <varname>prefix</varname> when executing <literal>make install</literal>
1818+ like so:
1819+ <programlisting>
1820+ make install prefix=/etc/postgresql
1821+ </programlisting>
1822+ This will install the control SQL files into
1823+ <literal>/etc/postgresql/share</literal> and shared modules into
1824+ <literal>/etc/postgresql/lib</literal>. If the prefix does not
1825+ include the strings <literal>postgresql</literal> or
1826+ <literal>pgsql</literal>, such as:
1827+ <programlisting>
1828+ make install prefix=/etc/extras
1829+ </programlisting>
1830+ Then the <literal>postgresql</literal> directory will be appended io the
1831+ prefix, installing the control SQL files into
1832+ <literal>/etc/extras/postgresql/share</literal> and shared modules into
1833+ <literal>/etc/extras/postgresql/lib</literal>. Either way, you'll need to
1834+ set <xref linkend="guc-extension-control-path"/> and <xref
1835+ linkend="guc-dynamic-library-path"/> to allow
1836+ <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> to find the files:
1837+ </programlisting>
1838+ extension_control_path = '/etc/extras/postgresql/share/extension:$system'
1839+ dynamic_library_path = '/etc/extras/postgresql/lib:$libdir'
1840+ </programlisting>
18161841 </para>
18171842
18181843 <para>
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