Re: Idea: cross-check versions during initdb - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Idea: cross-check versions during initdb
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Msg-id 3163.972682567@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Idea: cross-check versions during initdb  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Idea: cross-check versions during initdb  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> Actually, initdb of 7.1 gets the directory location of the bootstrap files
> wired in at build time.  The only way to override it is to use the -L
> option.  So the problem seems a lot less grave that way.

That does seem to reduce the odds of wrong-bki-files considerably.
But it's still dependent on the user's PATH to point to the right
executables, no?
        regards, tom lane


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