| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: 8.0: Absolute path required for INITDB? |
| Date: | 2004-08-09 04:14:30 |
| Message-ID: | 5305.1092024870@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> writes:
> If a relative path is used for the -L option in initdb, the following fatal
> error happens:
7.4 fails in the same way, and probably every prior release too.
The problem is that the backend has done a chdir into the template1
subdirectory, so paths that are relative from your perspective
no longer apply.
It might be worth absolut-izing this path in initdb before it's
passed down, but I can't get exceedingly excited about it.
regards, tom lane
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