Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Peter Eisentraut wrote: > >> The problem boils down to the fact that libpq needs to find its data > >> files (in this case locale data, but it could be anything), but it > >> doesn't know its own location, so it can't use a relative path > >> reference as has been proposed. > > > I am wondering if we should use environment variables, and have our apps > > use putenv() to set it to the proper relative path. > > *Our* apps are not the problem. The problem comes when libpq is
Well, right now our apps don't work, so it is a problem. Of course the bigger problem is other apps. How do libs find related files? I can't think if a common API for that. > I can't say I care for the environment variable idea either; though > there may not be any better alternative. I think the best we can do is putenv() for our apps, and document the variable for other apps. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])
