Re: Fixed directory locations in installs

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Fixed directory locations in installs
Date: 2004-05-03 19:47:25
Message-ID: 200405032147.25056.peter_e@gmx.net
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Tom Lane wrote:
> > What use could printing the relative path possibly have?
>
> Debugging. If I can't see it, I *know* I'm going to wish I could.

Well, you can just look inside, it's not that big. Supporting extra
options might make the script twice as big and thus make it harder to
just look at the whole thing.

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