Re: pg_migrator mention in documentation

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pg_migrator mention in documentation
Date: 2009-07-03 17:35:13
Message-ID: 14786.1246642513@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> (Although actually, if that pg_config isn't in your path, the
>> installed pg_migrator won't be either. It might be better to just
>> say "fix things so that the new installation's executables are
>> first in your PATH", and be done with it.)

> I am betting many people will do src/pg_migrator to run it. However,
> there will be no pg_migrator binary in the old cluster (hopefully) so it
> would still find it even it the new cluster is not first in the path.

That's not a very future-proof assumption...

regards, tom lane

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