On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 05:53:36PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > But, if I may editorialize a little myself, this is just indicative of a
> > 'Fortress PostgreSQL' attitude that is easy to get into. 'We've always
>
> I have to admit I like the sound of 'Fortress PostgreSQL'. :-)
Ye Olde Pos
Lamar Owen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Just because we've always done it one way does not that one way correct make.
Sure.
> We're one component of a system -- and the PostgreSQL Group has done such a
> good job of being platform agnostic that the platform and systems issues are
> almost sec
Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trond Eivind =?iso-8859-1?q?Glomsr=F8d?=) writes:
> >> There is a security issue here: stuff stored in datadir is not visible
> >> to random other users on the machine (since datadir is mode 700), but
> >> I would not expect sysconfdir to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trond Eivind =?iso-8859-1?q?Glomsr=F8d?=) writes:
>> The real bottom line here, though, is that you haven't shown me any
>> positive reason to move the config files out of datadir.
> It conflicts with the FHS -
AFAIK, the FHS is not designed to support multiple instances of
u
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trond Eivind =?iso-8859-1?q?Glomsr=F8d?=) writes:
>> There is a security issue here: stuff stored in datadir is not visible
>> to random other users on the machine (since datadir is mode 700), but
>> I would not expect sysconfdir to be mode 700.
> It could be (the RPMs specif
Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trond Eivind =?iso-8859-1?q?Glomsr=F8d?=) writes:
> > You could search in a path... first sysconfdir, then datadir.
>
> Surely the other way around.
Which could work as well - or just a switch to postmaster to tell it
which file to use.
Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trond Eivind =?iso-8859-1?q?Glomsr=F8d?=) writes:
> > Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trond Eivind =?iso-8859-1?q?Glomsr=F8d?=) writes:
> > You could search in a path... first sysconfdir, then datadir.
> >>
>
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trond Eivind =?iso-8859-1?q?Glomsr=F8d?=) writes:
> Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trond Eivind =?iso-8859-1?q?Glomsr=F8d?=) writes:
> You could search in a path... first sysconfdir, then datadir.
>>
>> Surely the other way around.
> Which could wo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trond Eivind =?iso-8859-1?q?Glomsr=F8d?=) writes:
> You could search in a path... first sysconfdir, then datadir.
Surely the other way around.
regards, tom lane
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Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trond Eivind =?iso-8859-1?q?Glomsr=F8d?=) writes:
> > While on the subject of postgresql conf... shouldn't it be in
> > sysconfdir instead of the database directory?
>
> No. That would (a) not allow different postmasters to have differen
Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Perhaps it would be good to make the empty path
> > component equivalent to $libdir, e.g.,
>
> Hmm, that would work, and also avoid having to figure out how to stuff
> $PGLIB into postgresql.conf during initd
Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Perhaps it would be good to make the empty path
> component equivalent to $libdir, e.g.,
Hmm, that would work, and also avoid having to figure out how to stuff
$PGLIB into postgresql.conf during initdb.
Sold as far as I'm concerned ...
Tom Lane wrote:
>
> That absolutely should NOT be necessary; there should be a proper
> extern declaration of strdup visible. Perhaps it should be added
> to include/port/irix5.h (cf port/nextstep.h).
>
> regards, tom lane
Just to make sure, I tried compiling on another
Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Tom Lane writes:
>> I wonder whether people would like an option to statically link
>> libperl.a and/or libpython.a into the Postgres backend proper? That
>> would allow plperl/plpython to be used on platforms where this is an
>> issue, without havin
Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Tom Lane writes:
>> This is of little value unless the default is intelligently chosen.
>> The default should be "$PGLIB", IMHO (inserted from configure's data).
> This default has little value as well. Users don't generally put their
> loadable mod
Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> About to be implemented, for your approval...
> Variable name: dynamic_library_path
> Permissions: superuser
> Default value: empty string
This is of little value unless the default is intelligently chosen.
The default should be "$PGLIB", IMHO (inser
On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 07:19:01AM -0400, D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:
> > Everybody is asking "What is the equivalent of Linux in SQL databases
> > ??"
> > The answer is "PostgreSQL" RDBMS server.
>
> Oh please. Can we stop trying to tie everything to the current front
> runner. I mean, PostgreSQL
Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Applied to 7.1.1 and 7.2. Thanks.
You seem to have missed the REL7_1_STABLE branch ...
regards, tom lane
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Ok, so this is off topic, but I know there are a few hams on this
list. I'm wondering if any of them are going to Dayton this weekend?
Probably better to contact me off list.
Vince.
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> > > Can someone tell me what we use indislossy for?
Ok, so the interpretation of this field is:
A match in the index needs to be reevaluated in the heap tuple data,
since a match in the index does not necessarily mean, that the heap tuple
matches.
If the heap t
> One problem with keeping it is that interface coders are getting
> confused by some of the unused system table columns, assuming they mean
> something, when in fact they don't. Both ODBC and JDBC have had this
> problem that I fixed today.
Imho the correct answer to this would be to implement
> > Let's avoid removing things for the sake of removing them ... might be an
> > old idea that, if someone takes the time to research, might prove useful
> > ...
>
> Yea, there is actually some code attached to this vs. the others that
> had no code at all. Are we ever going to do partial inde
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