Add plugin support for postgres extensions #2088
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Summary
This PR makes it possible to install Postgres Extensions with Devbox. This didn't work with previous versions of Devbox + the Postgres plugin because:
out
doesn't include libraries used to install some extensions.Fortunately, the Nix PostgreSQL package is patched so that you can set the pkglibdir at runtime using the
NIX_PGLIBDIR
environment variable. If we set this variable to$DEVBOX_PACKAGES_DIR/lib
, and if the user installs thelib
output, extensions should work as expected.This PR sets the NIX_PGLIBDIR variable in the plugin, and adds documentation + modifies the example to highlight how to install postgres with the lib output.
How was it tested?
Tested on our Postgres example with the PostGIS extension.