Re: relocatable binary distribution

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: jimw(at)kelcomaine(dot)com
Cc: "pgsql-general" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Subject: Re: relocatable binary distribution
Date: 2004-03-05 15:18:29
Message-ID: 7213.1078499909@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Jim Wilson" <jimw(at)kelcomaine(dot)com> writes:
> It seems like you could handle all the above with just a shell script wrapper.
> All three, the library path, socket directory, and data directory can be
> specified either in environment or on the command line. Where are you getting
> stuck?

No, we only handle two of the three; library directory is currently
hard-coded into the server. At the moment that's seeming like a
mistake. I wonder why it's not a GUC variable (probably postmaster-only
for security). Peter, do you recall why you didn't migrate that setting
into GUC?

regards, tom lane

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