Re: [HACKERS] Re: HISTORY for 6.5.2

On Sat, 18 Sep 1999, Tom Lane wrote:
> While we are thinking about this, I wonder if it wouldn't be a good idea
> to separate out the executables that aren't really intended to be
> executed willy-nilly, and put them in a different directory.
> postmaster, postgres, and initdb have no business being in users' PATH
> at all, ever.

Such as /usr/sbin on a Linux FSSTND-compliant system (such as RedHat). In
fact, I may just do that with the RPM distribution (after consulting with RedHat
on the issue). Thomas?? The same goes for the admin commands' man pages --
they should be in section 8 on the typical Linux box.

> to execute. I suppose such an admin could stick pg_ on the front of the
> symlinks anyway. But then the program names don't match the
> documentation we supply, which would be confusing.

Well, as things stand, the documentation and the rpm distribution don't match
in other areas -- I personally would have absolutely no problem whatsoever in
doing such a renaming -- hey, I can do such inside the RPM, for that matter,
but I don't want to. Of course, I would follow whatever the core group decides
-- that is the standard. I'm just tossing ideas.

Lamar Owen
WGCR Internet Radio