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

On 09/02/2015 02:34 PM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
>>> But I'm not sure I like the idea of adding a server dependency on the
>>> ability to exec pg_controldata.  That seems like it could be
>>> unreliable at best, and a security vulnerability at worst.
>>
>> I hadn't been paying attention --- the proposed patch actually depends on
>> exec'ing pg_controldata?  That's horrid!  There is no expectation that
>> that's installed.
> 
> No, it doesn't.  For the pg_controldata output it processes the
> pg_control file directly, and for pg_config it relies on compile-time
> CPPFLAGS.
> 
> 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?

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