Re: [patch] pg_ctl init extension

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
To: Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek.Kotala@Sun.COM>
Cc: Greg Smith <greg@2ndquadrant.com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, "pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org" <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2009-12-09T13:56:16Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Dec 9, 2009, at 8:32 AM, Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek.Kotala@Sun.COM> wrote:

> Greg Smith píše v út 08. 12. 2009 v 22:44 -0500:
>> Zdenek Kotala wrote:
>>> thanks for your useful comments. I attached  new doc patch  
>>> version. I
>>> removed example changes and add link to create database cluster (I  
>>> hope)
>>> everywhere. Please, look on it and let me know if there is still
>>> something what should be changed.
>>>
>> That looks much better.  There's only one bit that sticks out oddly  
>> now:
>>
>> +   Note: The <command>initdb</command> might be invoked by
>> +   <command>pg_ctl initdb</command> and <command>initdb</command>  
>> cannot be in
>> +   default path on a <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>  
>> installations.
>>
>>
>>
>> What is that supposed to mean exactly?
>
> Ahh, It is somethink what I want to do, but it is not ready yet in  
> this
> patch, but I already documented it. Idea is to install initdb and
> postgres into libexecdir and packager can select if libexecdir will be
> equal bindir or not.
>
> The paragraph should be removed at this moment. Shell I send modified
> patch or does committer remove it before commit?

I think Peter claimed this one but as far as I am concerned, I would  
always rather have an updated patch.

...Robert