Why Hard-Coded Version 9.1 In Names?

From: Jerry Richards <jerry(dot)richards(at)teotech(dot)com>
To: "'pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org'" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Why Hard-Coded Version 9.1 In Names?
Date: 2012-01-30 22:41:01
Message-ID: 2BF7FB90DF25EA4485949F3AF2B9D6963490C04A05@VA3DIAXVS351.RED001.local
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I just installed postgreSQL 9.1 and noticed it hard-codes the folder /var/lib/pgsql/9.1 and it hard-codes the service name to be postgresql91. My previous version of 8.4.4 uses the generic folder /var/lib/pgsql/data and the generic service name postgresql. This causes a problem for me because I have a lot of tools and software that uses the old path and name.

Why is the hard-coded version included in the naming? Is there some install method to keep it using the generic names?

Thanks,
Jerry

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