Re: Safer auto-initdb for RPM init script

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, "Magnus Hagander" <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net>, pgsqlrpms-hackers(at)pgfoundry(dot)org
Subject: Re: Safer auto-initdb for RPM init script
Date: 2006-08-25 15:16:23
Message-ID: 200608251716.24939.peter_e@gmx.net
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Am Freitag, 25. August 2006 16:54 schrieb Tom Lane:
> No, it doesn't. (The Red Hat RPMs in fact did that ... for about
> a week ... until I was told in no uncertain terms that we don't
> start unnecessary daemons by default.)

Well, there seem to be philosophical differences between the various operating
systems -- "We won't install unnecessary packages." vs. "We won't start
unnecessary daemons in unnecessarily installed packages." -- in which case
your solution doesn't sound all that bad.

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Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/

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