Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz> writes:
> On Wed, Dec 01, 2021 at 04:04:09PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>> I agree that some docs about this would be nice, but I think the rules
>> for when to use perl2host are more complex than what you suggest here.
>> Perhaps Andrew can clarify.
> It seems to me that the rule applies to any paths passed down to the C
> code of Postgres, then processed by a system call.
I'm a little gun-shy of any sweeping statements here, because of
bad experience (27ab1981e, b35a67bc0). It's as important to be
clear about when *not* to use perl2host as when to do so.
regards, tom lane
