Re: Question regarding dynamic_library_path - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Question regarding dynamic_library_path
Date
Msg-id 1366.1086705433@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Question regarding dynamic_library_path  ("Thomas Hallgren" <thhal@mailblocks.com>)
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"Thomas Hallgren" <thhal@mailblocks.com> writes:
> Why does postgres maintain a loader logic of its own? I can understand that
> the dynamic_library_path is necessary in order to configure everything in
> one single place. But why not just merge it with the LD_LIBRARY_PATH (or
> PATH on Windows) and then let dlopen do the rest using a stripped filename?

What LD_LIBRARY_PATH?  The above statement is so full of system-specific
assumptions that it seems hopeless.
        regards, tom lane


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