Re: PostgreSQL pollutes the file system - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Abhijit Menon-Sen
Subject Re: PostgreSQL pollutes the file system
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Msg-id 20190321040617.yfrtyphqpkj6bbxw@toroid.org
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In response to Re: PostgreSQL pollutes the file system  (Tomas Vondra <tomas.vondra@2ndquadrant.com>)
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At 2019-03-20 23:22:44 +0100, tomas.vondra@2ndquadrant.com wrote:
>
> I don't really understand what issue are we trying to solve here.
> 
> Can someone describe a scenario where this (name of the binary not
> clearly indicating it's related postgres) causes issues in practice?
> On my system, there are ~1400 binaries in /usr/bin, and for the vast
> majority of them it's rather unclear where do they come from.

It sounds like a problem especially when described with charged terms
like "pollutes", but I agree with you and others that it just doesn't
seem worth the effort to try to rename everything.

-- Abhijit


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