Andrew Dunstan wrote: > > > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > >Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > > > > >>Andrew Dunstan wrote: > >> > >> > >>>I'm confused. Can you explain the problem more clearly, please? Do we > >>>need to distinguish known apps with a known (relative) message > >>>location, from unknown libpq clients? > >>> > >>> > >>The problem boils down to the fact that libpq needs to find its data > >>files (in this case locale data, but it could be anything), but it > >>doesn't know its own location, so it can't use a relative path > >>reference as has been proposed. > >> > >> > > > >I am wondering if we should use environment variables, and have our apps > >use putenv() to set it to the proper relative path. > > > > > > It seems a bit roundabout, but might make sense. Maybe they shouldn't > override any value already present in the environment, just set it if > there is nothing there? Then the library could use the environment if > set, or fall back on a hardcoded path.
Yes, that is what I was thinking. Call it PGLOCALEDIR. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend
