On Jun 25, 2026, at 01:15, Kyotaro Horiguchi <horikyota.ntt@gmail.com> wrote:
> Just a thought, but another approach would be to allow symlinks to
> extension installation directories either in the existing extension
> file search directories or in a separate directory added to the search
> path. That would likely require PostgreSQL to recognize a somewhat
> different extension file layout than it currently assumes, though.
I don’t follow the argument about symlinks, but suspect they wouldn’t work in environments like CNPG with read-only
filesystems.
But reorganizing where files live was exactly what I proposed in the Packaging & Lookup RFC[0]. It’s a *lot* more
involvedof a change, though, and has all sorts of compatibility challenges to work out.
[0]: https://justatheory.com/2024/11/rfc-extension-packaging-lookup/#solution
Best,
David
