| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Rafael Martinez Guerrero <r(dot)m(dot)guerrero(at)usit(dot)uio(dot)no> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Problems with initdb 8.0.1 |
| Date: | 2005-02-02 16:11:28 |
| Message-ID: | 29140.1107360688@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Rafael Martinez Guerrero <r(dot)m(dot)guerrero(at)usit(dot)uio(dot)no> writes:
> If we install the binaries for postgres under /local/opt/postgresql/bin,
> initdb in this directory will be a symblink to
> "/local/store/bbking/.postgresql/ver-8.0.1/opt/postgresql/bin/initdb(at)386lin=
> uxlibc63=20
> and=20
> /local/opt/postgresql/bin/postgres will we a symblink to
> /local/store/bbking/.postgresql/ver-8.0.1/opt/postgresql/bin/postgres(at)386li=
> nuxlibc63.
This naming convention is broken. Fix it by putting the platform info
into the path instead, perhaps
/local/store/bbking/.postgresql/ver-8.0.1/opt/postgresql/386linuxlibc63/bin/postgres
The symlink following code is necessary to support relocatable
installations, and we aren't going to change it.
regards, tom lane
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