Search Postgresql Archives

Re: Survey: renaming/removing script binaries (createdb, createuser...)

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



In article <12487.1206565567@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>> I note that we can continue to have the current executables stashed in
>> PREFIX/share/libexec and let the "pg" executable exec them.

> Not share/ surely, since these are executables, but yeah.

> This brings me to the idea that "pg" is a very small stupid program
> that just tries to match its first argument against a filename in
> PREFIX/libexec/postgresql.  If it finds a match it execs that program
> with the remaining args, else it fails.

Add an optional command-line argument for specifying an alternative
PREFIX, and the problem of multiple PostgreSQL versions on one host is
solved as well.


-- 
Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
To make changes to your subscription:
http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
[Index of Archives]     [Postgresql Jobs]     [Postgresql Admin]     [Postgresql Performance]     [Linux Clusters]     [PHP Home]     [PHP on Windows]     [Kernel Newbies]     [PHP Classes]     [PHP Books]     [PHP Databases]     [Postgresql & PHP]     [Yosemite]
  Powered by Linux