Re: exposing pg_controldata and pg_config as functions - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: exposing pg_controldata and pg_config as functions
Date
Msg-id 20150902215453.GZ2912@alvherre.pgsql
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In response to Re: exposing pg_controldata and pg_config as functions  (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>)
Responses Re: exposing pg_controldata and pg_config as functions  (Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com>)
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Josh Berkus wrote:
> On 09/02/2015 02:34 PM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:

> > I think trying to duplicate the exact strings isn't too nice an
> > interface.
> 
> Well, for pg_controldata, no, but what else would you do for pg_config?

I was primarily looking at pg_controldata, so we agree there.

As for pg_config, I'm confused about its usefulness -- which of these
lines are useful in the SQL interface?  Anyway, I don't see anything
better than a couple of text columns for this case.

BINDIR = /home/alvherre/Code/pgsql/install/master/bin
DOCDIR = /home/alvherre/Code/pgsql/install/master/share/doc
HTMLDIR = /home/alvherre/Code/pgsql/install/master/share/doc
INCLUDEDIR = /home/alvherre/Code/pgsql/install/master/include
PKGINCLUDEDIR = /home/alvherre/Code/pgsql/install/master/include
INCLUDEDIR-SERVER = /home/alvherre/Code/pgsql/install/master/include/server
LIBDIR = /home/alvherre/Code/pgsql/install/master/lib
PKGLIBDIR = /home/alvherre/Code/pgsql/install/master/lib
LOCALEDIR = /home/alvherre/Code/pgsql/install/master/share/locale
MANDIR = /home/alvherre/Code/pgsql/install/master/share/man
SHAREDIR = /home/alvherre/Code/pgsql/install/master/share
SYSCONFDIR = /home/alvherre/Code/pgsql/install/master/etc
PGXS = /home/alvherre/Code/pgsql/install/master/lib/pgxs/src/makefiles/pgxs.mk
CONFIGURE = '--enable-debug' '--enable-depend' '--enable-cassert' '--enable-nls'
'--cache-file=/home/alvherre/tmp/pgconfig.master.cache''--enable-thread-safety' '--with-python' '--with-perl'
'--with-tcl''--with-openssl' '--with-libxml' '--with-tclconfig=/usr/lib/tcl8.6' '--enable-tap-tests'
'--prefix=/pgsql/install/master''--with-pgport=55432'
 
CC = gcc
CPPFLAGS = -D_GNU_SOURCE -I/usr/include/libxml2
CFLAGS = -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wendif-labels
-Wmissing-format-attribute-Wformat-security -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -fexcess-precision=standard -g -O2
 
CFLAGS_SL = -fpic
LDFLAGS = -L../../../src/common -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,-rpath,'/pgsql/install/master/lib',--enable-new-dtags
LDFLAGS_EX = 
LDFLAGS_SL = 
LIBS = -lpgcommon -lpgport -lxml2 -lssl -lcrypto -lz -lreadline -lrt -lcrypt -ldl -lm 
VERSION = PostgreSQL 9.6devel


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