postgresql_select port request

[apinstein@…]

configure.args  --sysconfdir=${prefix}/etc/${name} \
                --bindir=${libdir}/bin \

After install the pgsql executables are all in /opt/local/lib/postgresql83/bin/psql instead of /opt/local/bin. This is pretty annoying since I have to add the pg-specific bin dir to my path.

Why aren't these droppped into bin/? Is there a name conflict with executables from other ports? Do you want to preserve the ability to run multiple pg's side-by-side?

I would be OK with that decision but at least you should provide a variant to directly install the executables into the bin dir.

[blb@…]

Yes, the idea is to make sure you can have, say, postgresql83 and postgresql84 installed simultaneously (eg, if you are upgrading, you'll need to dump from 8.3 then import to 8.4, so easiest is to have them both available).

Leaving for mww/jwa whether a variant makes sense...

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Rephrasing summary to be an enhancement request rather than a question...

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

A postgresql-select port would be the appropriate way to implement this feature. Has duplicate #28133.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

#17150 is also a duplicate in a way.