We don't build/install interfaces by upstream's implicit rules. This patch is used on two places; postgresql.spec and libecpg.spec -- keep those in sync! Related: rhbz#1618698 diff -ur postgresql-12.2/src/Makefile postgresql-12.2_patch/src/Makefile --- postgresql-12.2/src/Makefile 2020-02-10 23:14:51.000000000 +0100 +++ postgresql-12.2_patch/src/Makefile 2020-03-02 12:49:45.530666894 +0100 @@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ backend/utils/mb/conversion_procs \ backend/snowball \ include \ - interfaces \ backend/replication/libpqwalreceiver \ backend/replication/pgoutput \ fe_utils \ diff -ur postgresql-12.2/src/Makefile.global.in postgresql-12.2_patch/src/Makefile.global.in --- postgresql-12.2/src/Makefile.global.in 2020-02-10 23:14:51.000000000 +0100 +++ postgresql-12.2_patch/src/Makefile.global.in 2020-03-02 12:47:40.970583609 +0100 @@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ # How to link to libpq. (This macro may be used as-is by backend extensions. # Client-side code should go through libpq_pgport or libpq_pgport_shlib, # instead.) -libpq = -L$(libpq_builddir) -lpq +libpq = -lpq # libpq_pgport is for use by client executables (not libraries) that use libpq. # We force clients to pull symbols from the non-shared libraries libpgport @@ -580,7 +580,6 @@ # Commonly used submake targets submake-libpq: | submake-generated-headers - $(MAKE) -C $(libpq_builddir) all submake-libpgport: | submake-generated-headers $(MAKE) -C $(top_builddir)/src/port all