Re: pg_config/share_dir

Jim C. Nasby <jnasby@pervasive.com>

From: "Jim C. Nasby" <jnasby@pervasive.com>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2005-09-26T19:04:44Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Should that be marked as a beginner TODO?
On Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 11:04:23PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> 
> Added to TODO:
> 
> 	* Add options to pg_config to show the share_dir, sysconfdir,
> 	  pkgincludedir, and localedir
> 
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Tom Lane wrote:
> > Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> > > Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> > >> pg_config doesn't currently seem to have an option to report the
> > >> share_dir. Should it?
> > 
> > > Is there a case where a user would need anything from there?
> > 
> > pg_config serves a function of recording the configuration, so I tend
> > to agree with Andrew that this should be available.  I notice that
> > SYSCONFDIR, PKGINCLUDEDIR, and LOCALEDIR aren't available either.
> > 
> > 			regards, tom lane
> > 
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