Re: extension_control_path

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> Aside from those details, it seems clear that any reasonably complete
> move-extensions-elsewhere feature will need some kind of build system
> support. I have various ideas on that and would gladly contribute some
> of them, but it's not going to happen within two weeks.

+1

Note that I am currently working on such a build system, so feel free to
send me off-list emails about your thoughs, I'm interested and could
integrate them into what I'm building.

> At this point I suggest that we work toward the minimum viable product:
> the extension_control_path feature as originally proposed (plus the
> crash fixes), and let the field work out best practices. As you
> describe, you can work around all the other issues by patching various
> text files, but you currently cannot move the extension control file in
> any way, and that's a real deficiency. (I once experimented with bind
> mounts to work around that -- a real mess ;-) )

Please find attached the v2 version of the patch, including fixes for
the crash and documentation aspects you've listed before.

Regards,
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