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Re: Avoid leaking system path from pg_available_extensions

Matheus Alcantara <matheusssilv97@gmail.com>

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From: Matheus Alcantara <matheusssilv97@gmail.com>
To: Jim Jones <jim.jones@uni-muenster.de>, Chao Li <li.evan.chao@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
Date: 2026-05-22T15:40:28Z
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On 22/05/26 04:25, Jim Jones wrote:
> On 21/05/2026 17:12, Matheus Alcantara wrote:
>> I've reproduced the issue and the fix looks correct to me.
> 
> same here, +1
> 

Thank you for also testing.

> I was wondering if creating a constant for it would be, stylistically
> speaking, a cleaner solution. For instance:
> 
> #define EXTENSION_SYSTEM_MACRO  "$system"
> 
> I realize that it's used only inside get_extension_control_directories()
> but since it is even mentioned in the docs, I guess it wouldn't be a bad
> idea.
> 

I'm not against it but I don't think that it's necessary since as you 
mention, only get_extension_control_directories() use.

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