Re: Why does pg_bsd_indent need to be installed?

On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 01:21:05PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org> writes:
> > On 25.05.23 13:05, Tom Lane wrote:
> >> Well, if you know where the build directory is, sure. But any way you
> >> slice it there is an extra bit of knowledge required. Since pg_bsd_indent
> >> changes so seldom, keeping it in your PATH is at least as easy as any
> >> other solution, IMO.
>
> > The reason I bumped into this is that 15 and 16 use different versions
> > of pg_bsd_indent, so you can't just keep one copy in, like, ~/bin/.
>
> Well, personally, I never bother to adjust patches to the indentation
> rules of old versions, so using the latest pg_bsd_indent suffices.

I guess we could try looking for pg_bsd_indent-$MAJOR_VERSION first,
then pg_bsd_indent.

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