Re: Question regarding dynamic_library_path - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Thomas Hallgren
Subject Re: Question regarding dynamic_library_path
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Msg-id thhal-0CYyhAZXzTdsg0unSsclBHCTWq0mIpE@mailblocks.com
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In response to Re: Question regarding dynamic_library_path  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Question regarding dynamic_library_path  (Tommi Maekitalo <t.maekitalo@epgmbh.de>)
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From: "Bruce Momjian" <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
>
> I think the idea is that you want to specify the path in the config
> file, after the app has already started.  I don't think you can modify
> the environment variable after the app has started, and even if you can,
> it seems simpler to just do it in our code and specify the exact path
> rather than having it poke around in whatever LD_LIBRARY_PATH is set to.
>
Ok, that makes sense. But I think most systems have the ability to change
the environment of a running process (setenv on Posix systems) and the
current design, simple as it is, doesn't work in all cases.

regards,

Thomas Hallgren




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