I have modified these reports so they print the full path used.
Typical pg_dumpall output is:
The program "pg_dump" is needed by pg_dumpall but was not found in the
same directory as "/usr/local/postgres/bin/pg_dumpall".
Check your installation.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> What is this trying to tell us?
>
> if (ret == -1)
> fprintf(stderr,
> _("The program \"postgres\" is needed by %s "
> "but was not found in the same directory as \"%s\".\n"
> "Check your installation.\n"),
> progname, progname);
> else
> fprintf(stderr,
> _("The program \"postgres\" was found by %s "
> "but was not the same version as \"%s\".\n"
> "Check your installation.\n"),
> progname, progname);
>
> Shouldn't the second progname be argv[0] or something else that contains
> the full path?
>
> --
> Peter Eisentraut
> http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/
>
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Index: src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c,v
retrieving revision 1.61
diff -c -c -r1.61 initdb.c
*** src/bin/initdb/initdb.c 12 Oct 2004 21:54:42 -0000 1.61
--- src/bin/initdb/initdb.c 15 Oct 2004 04:16:47 -0000
***************
*** 2268,2285 ****
if ((ret = find_other_exec(argv[0], "postgres", PG_VERSIONSTR,
backend_exec)) < 0)
{
if (ret == -1)
fprintf(stderr,
_("The program \"postgres\" is needed by %s "
! "but was not found in the same directory as \"%s\".\n"
"Check your installation.\n"),
! progname, progname);
else
fprintf(stderr,
! _("The program \"postgres\" was found by %s "
! "but was not the same version as \"%s\".\n"
"Check your installation.\n"),
! progname, progname);
exit(1);
}
--- 2268,2291 ----
if ((ret = find_other_exec(argv[0], "postgres", PG_VERSIONSTR,
backend_exec)) < 0)
{
+ char full_path[MAXPGPATH];
+
+ if (find_my_exec(argv[0], full_path) < 0)
+ StrNCpy(full_path, progname, MAXPGPATH);
+
if (ret == -1)
fprintf(stderr,
_("The program \"postgres\" is needed by %s "
! "but was not found in the\n"
! "same directory as \"%s\".\n"
"Check your installation.\n"),
! progname, full_path);
else
fprintf(stderr,
! _("The program \"postgres\" was found by \"%s\"\n"
! "but was not the same version as %s.\n"
"Check your installation.\n"),
! full_path, progname);
exit(1);
}
Index: src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c,v
retrieving revision 1.35
diff -c -c -r1.35 pg_ctl.c
*** src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c 13 Oct 2004 10:35:05 -0000 1.35
--- src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c 15 Oct 2004 04:16:50 -0000
***************
*** 524,540 ****
if ((ret = find_other_exec(argv0, "postmaster", PM_VERSIONSTR,
postmaster_path)) < 0)
{
if (ret == -1)
write_stderr(_("The program \"postmaster\" is needed by %s "
! "but was not found in the same directory as "
! "\"%s\".\n"
"Check your installation.\n"),
! progname, progname);
else
! write_stderr(_("The program \"postmaster\" was found by %s "
! "but was not the same version as \"%s\".\n"
"Check your installation.\n"),
! progname, progname);
exit(1);
}
postgres_path = postmaster_path;
--- 524,545 ----
if ((ret = find_other_exec(argv0, "postmaster", PM_VERSIONSTR,
postmaster_path)) < 0)
{
+ char full_path[MAXPGPATH];
+
+ if (find_my_exec(argv0, full_path) < 0)
+ StrNCpy(full_path, progname, MAXPGPATH);
+
if (ret == -1)
write_stderr(_("The program \"postmaster\" is needed by %s "
! "but was not found in the\n"
! "same directory as \"%s\".\n"
"Check your installation.\n"),
! progname, full_path);
else
! write_stderr(_("The program \"postmaster\" was found by \"%s\"\n"
! "but was not the same version as %s.\n"
"Check your installation.\n"),
! full_path, progname);
exit(1);
}
postgres_path = postmaster_path;
Index: src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dumpall.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dumpall.c,v
retrieving revision 1.52
diff -c -c -r1.52 pg_dumpall.c
*** src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dumpall.c 6 Oct 2004 17:02:02 -0000 1.52
--- src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dumpall.c 15 Oct 2004 04:16:51 -0000
***************
*** 139,156 ****
if ((ret = find_other_exec(argv[0], "pg_dump", PG_VERSIONSTR,
pg_dump_bin)) < 0)
{
if (ret == -1)
fprintf(stderr,
_("The program \"pg_dump\" is needed by %s "
! "but was not found in the same directory as \"%s\".\n"
"Check your installation.\n"),
! progname, progname);
else
fprintf(stderr,
! _("The program \"pg_dump\" was found by %s "
! "but was not the same version as \"%s\".\n"
"Check your installation.\n"),
! progname, progname);
exit(1);
}
--- 139,162 ----
if ((ret = find_other_exec(argv[0], "pg_dump", PG_VERSIONSTR,
pg_dump_bin)) < 0)
{
+ char full_path[MAXPGPATH];
+
+ if (find_my_exec(argv[0], full_path) < 0)
+ StrNCpy(full_path, progname, MAXPGPATH);
+
if (ret == -1)
fprintf(stderr,
_("The program \"pg_dump\" is needed by %s "
! "but was not found in the\n"
! "same directory as \"%s\".\n"
"Check your installation.\n"),
! progname, full_path);
else
fprintf(stderr,
! _("The program \"pg_dump\" was found by \"%s\"\n"
! "but was not the same version as %s.\n"
"Check your installation.\n"),
! full_path, progname);
exit(1);
}
