Re: development setup and libdir - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: development setup and libdir
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Msg-id 3808.1264867562@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to development setup and libdir  (Ivan Sergio Borgonovo <mail@webthatworks.it>)
Responses Re: development setup and libdir  (Ivan Sergio Borgonovo <mail@webthatworks.it>)
Re: development setup and libdir  (Ivan Sergio Borgonovo <mail@webthatworks.it>)
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Ivan Sergio Borgonovo <mail@webthatworks.it> writes:
> ... I can't make install (provided it works as expected, I didn't try
> yet) since I sincerely hope that my user doesn't have write right on
> whatever is pointed by $libdir.

Why not?  In order to install a C function, you have to be superuser,
which means you already have the keys to the kingdom database-wise.
There is no reason to not give a developer of C functions write access
on $libdir.  He could do whatever he wanted inside the C code anyway.
        regards, tom lane


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