Re: Where to load modules from?

On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 12:53 PM, Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
> On 2013-09-18 08:46:08 -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
>> Here's another idea. At initdb time, create an empty directory called
>> called pg_you_can_load_stuff_from_here (pick a better name) inside
>> $PGDATA. Allow it to be replaced with a symlink. This would be
>> similar to what we do today with pg_xlog. In fact, you can imagine an
>> equivalent of initdb -X that does something precisely analogous. This
>> feels a bit more natural to me than a GUC.
>
> I think I'd prefer a GUC that allows specifying multiple directories
> that are searched in order to a single symlinked directory.

Why?

I ask because I have the opposite preference, based on the precedent of pg_xlog.

> Also, aren't "symlinks" an absolute PITA to manipulate by hand on
> windows?

Maybe so, but if that's an issue here it's a preexisting issue also.
I think we shouldn't burden this patch with fixing it.

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