Re: Installation of regress.so?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
Cc: Postgres hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Subject: Re: Installation of regress.so?
Date: 2021-05-20 02:24:39
Message-ID: 3570736.1621477479@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz> writes:
> Could it be possible to install regress.so at least in the same
> location as pg_regress?

I don't think this is a great idea. Aside from the fact that
we'd be littering the install tree with a .so of no use to end
users, I'm failing to see how it really gets you anywhere unless
you want to further require regress.so from back versions to be
loadable into the current server.

regards, tom lane

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