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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Can we avoid chdir'ing in resolve_symlinks() ?
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In response to Re: Can we avoid chdir'ing in resolve_symlinks() ?  (Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@enterprisedb.com>)
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Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@enterprisedb.com> writes:
> 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' ...

Are you proposing we give up the support for relocatable installations?
I'm not here to defend that feature, but I bet somebody will.  (And
doesn't "make check" depend on it?)

            regards, tom lane

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