Re: How to run PostgreSQL?

jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com ("Joshua D. Drake") writes:
>> > * Why should I have to configure a custom init.d script so my
>> > PostgreSQL will start?
>>
>> to gain control over the system issue. From my perspective pg has always
>> been at the enterprise layer,
>
> This surprises me a bit. In my experience Enterprises don't compile from
> source and those that do, push it into a package so they can manage it.
>
> Wait... there is one place in the "enterprise" where I could see this
> being the case. Places that are running legacy systems like AIX or HPUX
> that don't necessarily even have a proper package management system.

There are two other scenarios that I have seen that have led us to
generally compile from sources, both with common features:

a) Slony-I expects to be built alongside the database.

In principle, the relevant compiled components *could* be added
in via PGXS, but nobody has had the time to set that up; it
hasn't seemed that valuable to do.

b) We've got some internal data types that expect to be built in
contrib/

Again, we could presumably use PGXS to evade this... Mumble...

It would be *conceivable* to build RPMs or something, but that seems
more trouble than it's worth for, erm, AIX :-).
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