| From: | "Fred (dot)Flintstone" <eldmannen(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com>, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, Christoph Berg <myon(at)debian(dot)org>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Tatsuo Ishii <ishii(at)sraoss(dot)co(dot)jp>, Andreas Karlsson <andreas(at)proxel(dot)se>, Tomas Vondra <tomas(dot)vondra(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Mark Kirkwood <mark(dot)kirkwood(at)catalyst(dot)net(dot)nz>, Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, Chris Travers <chris(dot)travers(at)adjust(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Euler Taveira <euler(at)timbira(dot)com(dot)br>, Julien Rouhaud <rjuju123(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: PostgreSQL pollutes the file system |
| Date: | 2019-04-10 12:29:59 |
| Message-ID: | CAJgfmqVQWFM7F-JogWEo6MWGA8Oa8BtB4dYAo=y7X5q=SBd35A@mail.gmail.com |
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It seems we do have a clear path forward on how to accomplish this and
implement this change.
1. Rename executables to carry the pg_ prefix.
2. Create symlinks from the old names to the new names.
3. Modify the executables to read argv[0] and print a warning if the
executable is called from the old name (symlink).
This seems technically feasible and easy.
How can we proceed?
On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 11:24 PM Fred .Flintstone <eldmannen(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> It looks like this thread is featured on LWN under the article:
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>
> On Sat, Mar 30, 2019 at 12:27 PM Peter Eisentraut
> <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
> >
> > On 2019-03-29 20:32, Joe Conway wrote:
> > > pg_util <command> <options>
> >
> > How is that better than just renaming to pg_$oldname?
> >
> > --
> > Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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