Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YZuUC-0005vj-9b for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Mon, 23 Mar 2015 05:01:12 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YZuUB-00018a-OY for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Mon, 23 Mar 2015 05:01:11 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:1501:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YZuUA-00018U-Uv for pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; Mon, 23 Mar 2015 05:01:11 +0000 Received: from mailout.easymail.ca ([64.68.201.169]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YZuU7-0000bd-E0 for pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; Mon, 23 Mar 2015 05:01:09 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailout.easymail.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 557DFE57E; Mon, 23 Mar 2015 01:01:05 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mailout.easymail.ca X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -3.939 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.939 required=5 tests=[ALL_TRUSTED=-1.8, AWL=-0.232, BAYES_00=-2.599, DNS_FROM_AHBL_RHSBL=0.692] Received: from mailout.easymail.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (easymail-mailout.easydns.vpn [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id MTLRt1IOwqw9; Mon, 23 Mar 2015 01:01:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.2.16] (unknown [8.39.228.5]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mailout.easymail.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D102AE575; Mon, 23 Mar 2015 01:01:04 -0400 (EDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 8.2 \(2070.6\)) Subject: Re: unix socket location confusion From: Scott Ribe In-Reply-To: <13189.1427086451@sss.pgh.pa.us> Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2015 23:01:02 -0600 Cc: Postgres Maillist Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <0CA66AE2-6929-41A0-B735-C5B510650486@elevated-dev.com> References: <0A21BC93-7B9C-476E-AAF4-0FF71708E87F@elevated-dev.com> <3184.1427063304@sss.pgh.pa.us> <3533.1427064190@sss.pgh.pa.us> <5600A100-C4A4-427D-938E-9FFDDBE87132@elevated-dev.com> <13189.1427086451@sss.pgh.pa.us> To: Tom Lane X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.2070.6) X-Pg-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) List-Archive: List-Help: List-ID: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Mailing-List: pgsql-admin Precedence: bulk Sender: pgsql-admin-owner@postgresql.org On Mar 22, 2015, at 10:54 PM, Tom Lane wrote: >=20 > We're entirely at the mercy of the platform's dynamic loader when it comes > to things like this. I don't think I trust Darwin's loader with relative > paths; though come to think of it, Linux's loader may be no better. Way > too many opportunities to screw up there. It actually does work, I've used it. But I never found any documentation ab= out it, and it was a damned PITA to figure out. > As for static libraries, there are good reasons why those aren't superior > solutions. Red Hat for instance has a blanket policy against shipping > static libraries (with only very narrow exceptions), and I believe the > same is true of many other vendors. Yep. Good & bad both ways. Anyway, I clearly need to not nest specific version builds with the dbs tha= t use that version. I need to build all versions into /usr/local/pgsql-XYZ = and then symlink as needed. --=20 Scott Ribe scott_ribe@elevated-dev.com http://www.elevated-dev.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottribe/ (303) 722-0567 voice --=20 Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin