configure: Use pg_config to locate the header location #3991
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Changelog-Fixed: build: On some operating systems the postgresql library would not get picked up. `./configure` now uses `pg_config` to locate the headers.
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Aug 27, 2020
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We were using an ubuntu specific path to look for the headers for postgresql, which meant that on some other operating systems they would not get picked up. This uses the
pg_configtool as detailed by thelibpqdocs to locate the header location in a portable way.Fixes #3937