Re: Have postgres.bki self-identify

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Have postgres.bki self-identify
Date: 2025-03-20 20:10:32
Message-ID: CA+Tgmobj3FMoMUE13t6NMJHrSJiCTjrqhVDK+=MAhU8PuZNfAA@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Mar 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM David G. Johnston
<david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> While trying to find postgres.bki in my build directory searching for the file name didn't work because there is no comment in the file containing the file name; like there is in every other file we write or generate, including the related *_d.h files. Add it.

I'm not a fan of making it a policy that everyone has to do this. I'd
rather see us remove filenames from some places where they cause
maintenance overhead for little benefit. If somebody wants to find
postgres.bki, I guess you can just "find . -name postgres.bki -print"

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Robert Haas
EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com

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