Re: BUG #4787: Hardlink (ln) causes startup failure with bizarre "timezone_abbreviations" error - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: BUG #4787: Hardlink (ln) causes startup failure with bizarre "timezone_abbreviations" error
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Msg-id 14768.1241275637@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: BUG #4787: Hardlink (ln) causes startup failure with bizarre "timezone_abbreviations" error  (Mark <admin@asarian-host.net>)
Responses Re: BUG #4787: Hardlink (ln) causes startup failure with bizarre "timezone_abbreviations" error
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Mark <admin@asarian-host.net> writes:
> I understand the rationale for relocatable packages. So, I guess hardlinks
> are out. But, barring hardlinks, perhaps, in the existence of a symlink, a
> simple 'readlink' function could be done to auto-correct PostgreSQL's
> base-location? Ala:

That's exactly what it already does, and why it would've worked if you'd
used symlinks not hardlinks.

            regards, tom lane

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