Ticket #34567 (closed request: wontfix)
Add /opt/local/lib/postgresql91/bin to $PATH on install and remove it on uninstall
| Reported by: | sam.kuper@… | Owned by: | macports-tickets@… |
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| Priority: | Normal | Milestone: | |
| Component: | ports | Version: | 2.1.1 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | mww@…, jwa@… | |
| Port: | postgresql91 |
Description
It would be helpful if upon installing the postgresql91 port, the following directory was added to the $PATH environment variable:
/opt/local/lib/postgresql91/bin
and if the same directory was removed from the $PATH environment variable upon uninstalling the same port.
This would be helpful for the following reason: it would allow the "pg" Ruby gem to be installed simply by specifying it in a Gemfile and then running "bundle install", because it would make pg_config visible on the $PATH.
Quite a lot of people seem to encounter this problem.
Change History
comment:2 Changed 12 months ago by ryandesign@…
- Status changed from new to closed
- Cc mww@…, jwa@… added
- Resolution set to wontfix
No, we're not going to do that. You're free to do that to your PATH if you want to, but MacPorts ports are not in the business of modifying user config files.
What you probably actually want to use is "sudo port select postgresql postgresql91".
Also see https://bitbucket.org/ged/ruby-pg/issue/127/adding-gem-pg-to-gemfile-causes-bundle