Re: Problems with initdb 8.0.1

Rafael Martinez Guerrero <r.m.guerrero@usit.uio.no> writes:
> If we install the binaries for postgres under /local/opt/postgresql/bin,
> initdb in this directory will be a symblink to
> "/local/store/bbking/.postgresql/ver-8.0.1/opt/postgresql/bin/initdb@386lin=
> uxlibc63=20
> and=20

> /local/opt/postgresql/bin/postgres will we a symblink to
> /local/store/bbking/.postgresql/ver-8.0.1/opt/postgresql/bin/postgres@386li=
> nuxlibc63.

This naming convention is broken.  Fix it by putting the platform info
into the path instead, perhaps
/local/store/bbking/.postgresql/ver-8.0.1/opt/postgresql/386linuxlibc63/bin/postgres

The symlink following code is necessary to support relocatable
installations, and we aren't going to change it.
        regards, tom lane