Re: Postgresql 18 Linux (all flavors) - with installation, create new instance/main database

On 2026-05-07 Th 8:44 AM, Isaac Morland wrote:
> On Thu, 7 May 2026 at 08:40, David G. Johnston
> <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> On Thursday, May 7, 2026, Dutch Glory <dutch(dot)glory(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:
>
>
> proposal:
> Postgresql 18 Linux (all flavors) - with installation, create
> new instance/main database:
> sudo -u postgres /usr/pgsql-18/bin/pg_ctl -D
> /var/lib/pgsql/18/data/ initdb
>
>
> No, make/ninja install should not create a database. That is
> outside its appropriate responsibilities. Installing from source
> stops once the binaries are installed.  Using the installed
> product is up to the user.
>
>
> Also there are lots of reasons to install Postgres without creating an
> instance. This is actually one of the things I don't like about the
> Ubuntu installer, which defaults to creating an instance (although
> this behaviour can be suppressed by creating a config file with an
> appropriate directive first).

+1 It's annoyed me many times.

cheers

andrew

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