Re: Preferred Installation/Data Directories

From: Ron Johnson <ron(dot)l(dot)johnson(at)cox(dot)net>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Preferred Installation/Data Directories
Date: 2007-04-27 17:57:37
Message-ID: 46323991.3010207@cox.net
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On 04/27/07 09:50, Rich Shepard wrote:
[snip]
>
> I see in postgresql.SlackBuild where the data directories are specified.
> I'll change that from /var/lib/pgsql/data to /usr/local/pgsql/data and
> rebuild the package.

(Explicitly noting that this is a serious question, not an attempt
to start a flame war.)

Why put "active" data under /usr? Ever since user data was moved to
/home, /usr has only had system stuff in it. Or is that still a
viable BSDism?

- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA

Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!

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