Patch to throw an error if -L is not an abolute path attached and applied.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Josh Berkus wrote: > 8.0 beta CVS of 8/8/2004: > > If a relative path is used for the -L option in initdb, the following fatal > error happens: > > ./initdb -D ../data -L ../share/postgresql/ > <snip> > creating system views ... ok > loading pg_description ... ERROR: could not open file > "../share/postgresql/postgres.description" for reading: No such file or > directory > child process exited with exit code 1 > > Is this intentional? The first dozen or so commands work fine with a relative > path, and this executes fine with an absolute path for both -D and -L. > > SuSE 9.1, GCC 3.3.3 > > -- > Josh Berkus > Aglio Database Solutions > San Francisco > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command > (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > -- 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
Index: src/bin/initdb/initdb.c =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql-server/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c,v retrieving revision 1.49 diff -c -c -r1.49 initdb.c *** src/bin/initdb/initdb.c 11 Aug 2004 23:28:54 -0000 1.49 --- src/bin/initdb/initdb.c 16 Aug 2004 03:41:45 -0000 *************** *** 2234,2240 **** share_path = xmalloc(MAXPGPATH); get_share_path(backend_exec, share_path); } ! canonicalize_path(share_path); if ((short_version = get_short_version()) == NULL) --- 2234,2245 ---- share_path = xmalloc(MAXPGPATH); get_share_path(backend_exec, share_path); } ! else if (!is_absolute_path(share_path)) ! { ! fprintf(stderr, _("%s: input file location must be an absolute path\n"), progname); ! exit(1); ! } ! canonicalize_path(share_path); if ((short_version = get_short_version()) == NULL)
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