Re: location of the configuration files

From: Lamar Owen <lamar(dot)owen(at)wgcr(dot)org>
To: "Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>, "Kevin Brown" <kevin(at)sysexperts(dot)com>, <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: location of the configuration files
Date: 2003-02-13 03:08:23
Message-ID: 200302122208.23828.lamar.owen@wgcr.org
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-hackers

On Wednesday 12 February 2003 20:37, Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
> > Okay, here's one: most Unix systems store all of the configuration
> > files in a well known directory: /etc. These days it's a hierarchy of

> No [snip] - /usr/local/etc. Why can't the Linux community respect
> history!!!!

> It is the ONE TRUE PLACE [snip]

If PostgreSQL is supported as a part of the base operating system in a Linux
distribution, and that distribution wishes to be Linux Standards Base
compliant (most do), then PostgreSQL cannot go in /usr/local -- period.

IDIC at work.
--
Lamar Owen
WGCR Internet Radio
1 Peter 4:11

In response to

Browse pgsql-hackers by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Tom Lane 2003-02-13 03:08:26 Re: [HACKERS] Changing the default configuration (was Re:
Previous Message Christopher Kings-Lynne 2003-02-13 03:08:20 horology and time failures on freebsd/alpha