On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Andrew Dunstan <and...@dunslane.net> wrote: > Here's my understanding. > > It's not initdb that's really complaining. The timezone files are not inputs > to initdb. It's the postgres that initdb invokes that's complaining.
That was my impression, too, from the log that was sent. > Postges will look for the share file in two places: the configured install > directory or a share directory whose path is calculated relative to its own > location. initdb's -L flag doesn't override that, it only overrides where > initdb itself looks for files (such as the BKI file). The bottom line I > think is that if you intend to use a non-standard layout you need to specify > the paths for everything and then not move them after installation. If you > want the installation to be movable, just specify --prefix, but then if you > move it you have to move the whole thing together. You can't just relocate > one directory and expect it to work. It won't. So in theory we could have a GUC under "file locations" to override this, similarly to data_directory or hba_file or ident_file. But since it's been like this for a really long time (I think), I wouldn't be inclined to go monkeying with it unless more than one person complains. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers