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From: Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
To: Alvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
Cc: Robert Haas <[email protected]>
Cc: David E. Wheeler <[email protected]>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: RFC: Additional Directory for Extensions
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 16:03:31 -0500
Message-ID: <ZsZWI6kYoBXdTqUo@nathan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
References: <CA+TgmoaMk==vOUmWwJ5ZA-EueNqa9RQaWMEiHCF1ZKW_YCcj8g@mail.gmail.com>
	<[email protected]>

On Tue, Jun 25, 2024 at 12:12:33PM +0200, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> archive_command and so on: we could disable these too.  Nathan did some
> work to implement those using dynamic libraries, so it shouldn't be too
> much of a loss; anything that is done with a shell script can also be
> done with a small library.  Those libraries can be made safe.
> If there are other ways to invoke shell commands from GUCs, let's add
> the ability to use libraries for those too.

Sorry, I just noticed this message.  I recently withdrew my patch set [0]
for using a library instead of shell commands for restore_command,
archive_cleanup_command, and recovery_end_command, as it had sat idle for a
very long time.  If/when there's interest, I'd be happy to pick it up
again.

[0] https://postgr.es/m/ZkwLqichtySV5kF3%40nathan-air.lan

-- 
nathan






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