Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Ah, I finally realize why Magnus

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Ah, I finally realize why Magnus
Date: 2006-07-22 01:11:01
Message-ID: 44C17B25.5010402@dunslane.net
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>
>> Ah, I finally realize why Magnus wanted to add a --bindir option to
>> pg_regress: there's no other way to cope with testing a relocated
>> installation. Seems better to call it --psqldir though, since the
>> only thing we need to find in that case is psql.
>>
>
> Well, if the ecpg tests materialize, maybe not.
>
>
Maybe installbindir or some such. As Tom has no doubt observed, this
change also manages to handle the problem we faced in running
installcheck under Msys, even when the installation is not relocated
(buildfarm does not relocate the install - it installs in the configured
path).

cheers

andrew

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