Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Ah, I finally realize why Magnus - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Ah, I finally realize why Magnus
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Msg-id 44C17B25.5010402@dunslane.net
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In response to Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Ah, I finally realize why Magnus wanted to add a --bindir option  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
Responses Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Ah, I finally realize why Magnus  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>   
>> Ah, I finally realize why Magnus wanted to add a --bindir option to
>> pg_regress: there's no other way to cope with testing a relocated
>> installation.  Seems better to call it --psqldir though, since the
>> only thing we need to find in that case is psql.
>>     
>
> Well, if the ecpg tests materialize, maybe not.
>
>   
Maybe installbindir or some such. As Tom has no doubt observed, this 
change also manages to handle the problem we faced in running 
installcheck under Msys, even when the installation is not relocated 
(buildfarm does not relocate the install - it installs in the configured 
path).

cheers

andrew


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