Re: PostgreSQL pollutes the file system

On 2019-Mar-20, Fred .Flintstone wrote:

> Even just creating symlinks would be a welcome change.
> So the real binary is pg_foo and foo is a symoblic link that points to pg_foo.
> Then at least I can type pg_<tab> and use tab auto-completion to find
> everything related to PostgreSQL.

There is merit to this argument; if the starting point is an unknown
file /usr/bin/foo, then having it be a symlink to /usr/bin/pg_foo makes
it clear which package it belongs to.  We don't *have to* get rid of the
symlinks any time soon, but installing as symlinks now will allow Skynet
to get rid of them some decades from now.

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