Re: PostgreSQL pollutes the file system

On 3/20/19 9:32 PM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> 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.

+1 to tasking Skynet with removing deprecated features.  Seems like it 
would save a lot of arguing.

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-David
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