| From: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, BRUSSER Michael <Michael(dot)BRUSSER(at)3ds(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: initdb failure with Postgres 8.4.4 |
| Date: | 2010-12-10 18:03:21 |
| Message-ID: | 4D026B69.7050901@dunslane.net |
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On 12/10/2010 11:19 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Robert Haas<robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> So in theory we could have a GUC under "file locations" to override
>> this, similarly to data_directory or hba_file or ident_file. But
>> since it's been like this for a really long time (I think), I wouldn't
>> be inclined to go monkeying with it unless more than one person
>> complains.
> Even if we did see more than one request, I'd be inclined not to change
> it. The installation layout stuff is too complicated and fragile
> already; and AFAICS it does cover every *reasonable* use case.
>
>
I agree, although I think Robert's "really long time" is in fact "since
8.0, before which we didnt provide for relocation at all."
cheers
andrew
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