Re: Can we avoid chdir'ing in resolve_symlinks() ?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Can we avoid chdir'ing in resolve_symlinks() ?
Date: 2022-09-13 15:16:02
Message-ID: 2145122.1663082162@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> writes:
> 2) You configure and install with prefix=/usr/local/pgsql-14, and then
> symlink /usr/local/pgsql -> /usr/local/pgsql-14; hoping that you can
> then use /usr/local/pgsql as if that's where it actually is. We don't
> currently support that. (Note that it would work if you made a copy of
> the tree instead of using the symlink.)

What about it does not work?

regards, tom lane

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