Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > What was the resolution of this? Can we make relative -L work or do we
> > add error checks for relative -L paths?
>
> We fixed the problem that was requiring Josh to use -L. I think -L is a
> wizard's switch and need not be user-friendly, so I feel no need to do
> either of the above.
Yea, but it is so easy to fix, so why not do it. Patch attached.
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Index: src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
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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 03:22:38 -0000
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*** 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)