It seems we do have a clear path forward on how to accomplish this and implement this change.
1. Rename executables to carry the pg_ prefix. 2. Create symlinks from the old names to the new names. 3. Modify the executables to read argv[0] and print a warning if the executable is called from the old name (symlink). This seems technically feasible and easy. How can we proceed? On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 11:24 PM Fred .Flintstone <eldman...@gmail.com> wrote: > > It looks like this thread is featured on LWN under the article: > Program names and "pollution". > https://lwn.net/ > https://lwn.net/Articles/784508/ (Subscription required) > > On Sat, Mar 30, 2019 at 12:27 PM Peter Eisentraut > <peter.eisentr...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: > > > > On 2019-03-29 20:32, Joe Conway wrote: > > > pg_util <command> <options> > > > > How is that better than just renaming to pg_$oldname? > > > > -- > > Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ > > PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services
