Re: pgsql: Reference test binary using TESTDIR in 001_libpq_pipeline.pl. - Mailing list pgsql-committers

On 10/20/21 5:48 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
>> OK, it turns out that it's better to put the addition at the end of the
>> PATH, otherise initdb complains that it can't find postgres in the same
>> directory.
> That seems horribly unsafe, or at least prone to pulling in the
> program from some other versuion of Postgres.  How about ordering
> the path like
>
> PATH="$(abs_top_builddir)/tmp_install$(bindir):$(CURDIR):$$PATH"
>
>             


fair point. See attached. Tested on MSVC and Linux


cheers


andrew


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