Re: pgsql: Add 'basebackup_to_shell' contrib module.

Hi,

On 2022-03-30 13:16:47 -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 1:11 PM Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> wrote:
> > On March 30, 2022 9:58:26 AM PDT, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> > >Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> writes:
> > >> Random aside: Am I the only one bothered by a bunch of places in
> > >> Makefile.global.in quoting like
> > >>   $(MAKE) -C '$(top_builddir)' DESTDIR='$(abs_top_builddir)'/tmp_install install >'$(abs_top_builddir)'/tmp_install/log/install.log 2>&1
> > >> and
> > >>   rm -rf '$(CURDIR)'/tmp_check &&
> > >> etc
> > >
> > >Don't we need that to handle, say, build paths with spaces in them?
> >
> > My concern is about the quote in the middle of the path, not about quoting at all... I.e. the ' should be after /tmp_install, not before.
> 
> Makes no difference. We know that the string /tmp_install contains no
> shell metacharacters, so why does it need to be in quotes? I would've
> probably written it the way it is here, rather than what you are
> proposing.

It looks ugly, and it can't be copy-pasted as easily. Seems I'm alone on this,
so I'll leave it be...

Greetings,

Andres Freund