Re: RFC: Additional Directory for Extensions

Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>
To: "David E. Wheeler" <david@justatheory.com>
Cc: Matheus Alcantara <matheusssilv97@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org>
Date: 2025-05-01T20:24:20Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On 01.05.25 16:31, David E. Wheeler wrote:
> On May 1, 2025, at 07:50, Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org> wrote:
> 
>> The documentation in config.sgml says:
>>
>>     Note that the path elements should typically end in
>>     <literal>extension</literal> if the normal installation layouts are
>>     followed.
>>
>> So I think your change here between v3 and v4 is incorrect.
> 
> Right, sorry, forgot about that, I updated it in anticipation of Matheus’s patch[1] being committed.
> 
> So v3 is fine for now, but if that patch is committed, we’ll need to reconcile those docs.

I see.  I have committed it now describing the current state.

Btw., the shown directory names that illustrate how "postgresql" is 
appended were not correct.  I have corrected that.




Commits

  1. doc: Flesh out extension docs for the "prefix" make variable

  2. Fix extension control path tests

  3. extension_control_path