Re: [PATCH] Bug fix in initdb output

On Mon, Mar 1, 2021 at 10:18 PM Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>
wrote:

> On 2021-Mar-01, Juan José Santamaría Flecha wrote:
>
> > Uhm, now that you point it out, an absolute path would make the message
> > more consistent and reusable.
>
> Well. This code was introduced in a00c58314745, with discussion at
>
> http://postgr.es/m/CAHeEsBeAe1FeBypT3E8R1ZVZU0e8xv3A-7BHg6bEOi=jZny2Uw@mail.gmail.com
> which did not touch on the point of the pg_ctl path being relative or
> absolute. The previous decision to use relative seems to have been made
> here in commit ee814b4511ec, which was backed by this discussion
>
> https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/200411020134.52513.peter_e%40gmx.net
>
> So I'm not sure that anybody would love me if I change it again to
> absolute.
>

For me it is a +1 for the change to absolute. Let's see if more people want
to weigh in on the matter.

Regards,

Juan José Santamaría Flecha