| From: | Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
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| To: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndquadrant(dot)fr>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Where to load modules from? |
| Date: | 2013-09-18 16:53:41 |
| Message-ID: | 20130918165341.GG22364@awork2.anarazel.de |
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On 2013-09-18 08:46:08 -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> Here's another idea. At initdb time, create an empty directory called
> called pg_you_can_load_stuff_from_here (pick a better name) inside
> $PGDATA. Allow it to be replaced with a symlink. This would be
> similar to what we do today with pg_xlog. In fact, you can imagine an
> equivalent of initdb -X that does something precisely analogous. This
> feels a bit more natural to me than a GUC.
I think I'd prefer a GUC that allows specifying multiple directories
that are searched in order to a single symlinked directory.
Also, aren't "symlinks" an absolute PITA to manipulate by hand on
windows?
Greetings,
Andres Freund
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