BUG #17747: Registry entry "Base Directory" is not populated if you only install Command-line tools
The following bug has been logged on the website:
Bug reference: 17747
Logged by: Jeff Laing
Email address: jeff.laing@synchronoss.com
PostgreSQL version: 15.1
Operating system: Windows
Description:
Our environment launches psql.exe via an intermediary application which
locates it by scanning the registry.
When a full installation of PostgreSQL is present, the
HKLM\SOFTWARE\PostgreSQL\Installations\postgresql-x64-14\Base Directory
value can be retrieved and the full path to psql.exe determined.
If a command-line-tools-only installation was used, this registry value is
not populated.
To be clear, we scan ALL registry keys under HKLM\SOFTWARE\PostgreSQL\Installations\ and launch the psql.exe that is located in the HIGHEST version.
I'm not reporting that installing 15.1 does not populate the 14 keys.
The perils of cut/pasting from a live RegEdit session...
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Subject: BUG #17747: Registry entry "Base Directory" is not populated if you only install Command-line tools
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The following bug has been logged on the website:
Bug reference: 17747
Logged by: Jeff Laing
Email address: jeff.laing@synchronoss.com<mailto:jeff.laing@synchronoss.com>
PostgreSQL version: 15.1
Operating system: Windows
Description:
Our environment launches psql.exe via an intermediary application which
locates it by scanning the registry.
When a full installation of PostgreSQL is present, the
HKLM\SOFTWARE\PostgreSQL\Installations\postgresql-x64-14\Base Directory
value can be retrieved and the full path to psql.exe determined.
If a command-line-tools-only installation was used, this registry value is
not populated.
Hi,
On Wed, Jan 11, 2023 at 11:37:25PM +0000, PG Bug reporting form wrote:
The following bug has been logged on the website:
Our environment launches psql.exe via an intermediary application which
locates it by scanning the registry.When a full installation of PostgreSQL is present, the
HKLM\SOFTWARE\PostgreSQL\Installations\postgresql-x64-14\Base Directory
value can be retrieved and the full path to psql.exe determined.If a command-line-tools-only installation was used, this registry value is
not populated.
Installers are handled outside of the project. I believe this is EDB
installer, so this is something you will have to address directly with them (or
with the company that produces the installer you're using).