Re: Fixed directory locations in installs

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(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: 2004-05-19 00:39:02
Message-ID: 200405190039.i4J0d2s25479@candle.pha.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> 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.

OK, this is a followup from Peter on the pg_config issue. We only do a
relative path if they used the defaults and put it all under a single
directory so there is probably little need for a pg_config addition.

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