Re: Can we avoid chdir'ing in resolve_symlinks() ?

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Can we avoid chdir'ing in resolve_symlinks() ?
Date: 2022-09-12 15:28:34
Message-ID: 91cbb000-a4cb-e74a-54d9-4fc08dfaa67b@enterprisedb.com
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On 02.09.22 01:39, Tom Lane wrote:
> find_my_exec() wants to obtain an absolute, symlink-free path
> to the program's own executable, for what seem to me good
> reasons.

I still think they are bad reasons, and we should kill all that code.
Just sayin' ...

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