Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 23:29:41 -0500 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: Thomas Good <tomg@nrnet.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing and Running PostgreSQL Message-ID: <199905300429.XAA90358@nospam.hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: Message from Thomas Good <tomg@nrnet.org> of "Fri, 28 May 1999 08:18:29 EDT." <Pine.LNX.3.96.990528080654.11167A-100000@mailhost.nrnet.org>
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Thomas Good writes:
> On Thu, 27 May 1999, David Kelly wrote:
>
> > Thomas Good writes:
> > > Now can we get PG binaries online somewhere?! ;-)
> >
> > Thought I'd try it. This is how one makes a binary package out of a
> > port:
> >
> > % cd /ports/databases/postgresql/
> > % make USE_TCL=yes package
> > ===> postgresql-6.4.2 may not be packaged: Requires pgsql uid.
> > %
> >
> > Apparently it blows up because the package system does not yet support
> > the creation/addition of new user id's. Or maybe there is some good
> > reason a package can not create a user account?
>
> David - what about a shell script that does the same thing? When I cp'd
> the binaries from my production box to my laptop I did this:
That's essentially what a package does too.
The port executes ${PORTSDIR}/databases/postgresql/scripts/createuser.
I don't know why the package can't do the same as the package executes
other scripts which are included. Its my guess packages do not create
user id's as a matter of security policy, not because its impossible or
hard.
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