| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> |
| Cc: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Jesse Morris <jmorris(at)coverity(dot)com>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> |
| Subject: | Re: Re: BUG #5065: pg_ctl start fails as administrator, with "could not locate matching postgres executable" |
| Date: | 2009-10-20 14:48:31 |
| Message-ID: | 27134.1256050111@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> writes:
> The patch doesn't change what the code aims to do, only the way it
> does it. The existing code does this:
> ...
> The net result /should/ be the same, but the second method is
> apparently a little more robust.
Do we have any idea why? I am always distrustful of random changes made
with no theory as to why they fix a problem. My experience is that such
changes are almost always wrong, once you find out what the problem
*really* is.
regards, tom lane
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