Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 08:10:37 +1000 From: Mark Sergeant <msergeant@snsonline.net> To: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: change installation directory of postgresql7 Message-ID: <D4381706-43E5-11D9-BCEE-000A95AB7DDE@snsonline.net> In-Reply-To: <20041201215808.GH60679@submonkey.net> References: <NCEAIDGINCIDIPEKFPHDIENBDGAA.a.nooit@12move.nl> <20041201215808.GH60679@submonkey.net>
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I find a default install works fine and then change the pgsql users
.profile and .cshrc and change the PGDATA directive to the correct
location, eg. PGDATA=/data/db . Then run an initdb which will propogate
the directory you choose.
Cheers,
Mark
On 02/12/2004, at 07:58, Ceri Davies wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 10:55:36PM +0100, A. Nooitgedagt wrote:
>> What does it take to make port databases/postgresql7
>> install in subdirectory /usr/local/pgsql ? The port's
>> default is /usr/local but postgresql's default is /usr/local/pgsql.
>>
>> Is there another way than changing PREFIX in the port?
>>
>> It doesn't seem to matter if I define
>> CONFIGURE_ARGS+= --prefix=${PREFIX}/pgsql
>>
>> I think I have tried most other possibilities,
>> but I'm probably missing something
>
> Just define PREFIX. By default though, the binaries will go in
> /usr/local/{s,}bin whilst the data directory will be /usr/local/pgsql -
> I've found that this is "right" for me.
>
> Ceri
> --
> Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm
> not sure about the former. -- Einstein (attrib.)
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