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Subject: Re: postgresql83, binaries, and paths?
From: "Daniel J. Luke" <dluke () geeklair ! net>
Date: 2008-07-28 15:00:21
Message-ID: D3D171F4-8865-41CB-A35D-564FFEEDD61B () geeklair ! net
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On Jul 27, 2008, at 5:20 PM, Jay Levitt wrote:
> A reasonable intention. But then why bother linking psql (and only
> psql),
> and under a name where nobody's looking for it?
Because 'normal' (non-macports) installs of postgres usually install
into their own directory, so people using postgres often add the
postgres specific bin/ directory to their path.
Using the macports postgres83 would be similar, and having the link
there means you can just type 'psql' after munging your path.
> I realize the answer to all these questions may be "because that's
> the way
> someone wrote it once"; in that case, pretend I'm asking "would a
> patch to
> change that be welcomed/a good idea/grudgingly accepted/treated as a
> maternal-lineage insult?"
It's usually up to the maintainer to determine if a patch is a good
idea or not (or how any ideas it has can be incorporated into the port).
[My personal opinion is that adding to the end of $PATH is a better
idea, that we should use paths.d, and that we should deal with any
problems this causes where a package picks up a system tool where we
would rather have it pick up a macports tool - but obviously other
people have different opinions :) ]
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