Re: multi-install PostgresNode

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker <ilmari(at)ilmari(dot)org>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: multi-install PostgresNode
Date: 2021-03-25 08:23:22
Message-ID: 21f666f8-3e73-db55-e650-b837bf31c5b1@enterprisedb.com
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On 25.03.21 04:47, Michael Paquier wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 03:33:51PM -0300, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
>> On 2021-Mar-24, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>>> +# The install path set in get_new_node needs to be a directory containing
>>> +# bin and lib subdirectories as in a standard PostgreSQL installation, so this
>>> +# can't be used with installations where the bin and lib directories don't have
>>> +# a common parent directory.
>>
>> I've never heard of an installation where that wasn't true. If there
>> was a need for that, seems like it'd be possible to set them with
>> { bindir => ..., libdir => ...} but I doubt it'll ever be necessary.
>
> This would imply an installation with some fancy --bindir or --libdir
> specified in ./configure. Never say never, but I also think that what
> has been committed is fine.

/usr/lib64/? /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/? Seems pretty common.

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