Vince Vielhaber <vev(at)michvhf(dot)com> writes:
> I understand that, and I *don't* run it as root, I only install it
> as root. After it's installed I chown it to postgres which is what
> many other packages do.
I dunno, that sure seems like the hard way to me. I made
/usr/local/pgsql (which I had to do as root, since /usr/local isn't
widely writable) and chowned it to postgres. Since then, I can do
the builds, installs, and everything else as postgres.
regards, tom lane