[Pkg-postgresql-public] Bug#506728: postgresql-8.3-plr: Does not run ldconfig and does, not set R_HOME in postgresql environment (fwd)

[Andreas Tille]

Hi folks,

I'd like to bring this up on the list before I'm going to fix this bug
and may be cause some problem for users.

Kind regards

         Andreas.

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 08:29:50 +1100
From: Joseph Guillaume <u4220846 at anu.edu.au>
To: 506728 at bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#506728: postgresql-8.3-plr: Does not run ldconfig and does,
     not set R_HOME in postgresql environment
Resent-Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 21:24:05 +0000
Resent-Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 21:24:06 +0000
Resent-From: Joseph Guillaume <u4220846 at anu.edu.au>
Resent-To: debian-bugs-dist at lists.debian.org
Resent-cc: Andreas Tille <tille at debian.org>

As a user, I like the idea of setting the default, rather than just changing 
existing environment files or removing the variable entirely.
I like the fact that it means that plr will be enabled in new databases, and 
that if I choose to use a development version of R in /usr/local, that is also 
still possible.

Any idea why the changes to /etc/ld.so.conf.d/libR.conf weren't picked up 
automatically? Even restarting the vserver didn't seem to have an effect, so I 
ended up running ldconfig manually. Would this (mis-)behaviour be particular to 
vservers/virtual machines?


Cheers,

Joseph