Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2001 11:57:58 -0400 From: "Dan Langille" <dan@langille.org> To: Palle Girgensohn <girgen@partitur.se> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: incorrect instructions for post-install initialization Message-ID: <3BC97DC6.22635.22F28472@localhost> In-Reply-To: <3BC9B223.4D4C11D3@partitur.se>
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On 14 Oct 2001 at 17:41, Palle Girgensohn wrote: > Dan Langille wrote: > > > > After I installed postgresql 7.1.3 from the ports tree, I found this > > message on the screen: > > > > "To initialize the database, you should run initdb as the "pgsql" user. > > > > Example: > > > > su -l pgsql -c initdb > > > > You can then start PostgreSQL by running: > > > > /usr/local/etc/rc.d/010.pgsql.sh start > > > > For postmaster settings, see ~pgsql/data/postgresql.conf" > > > > It appears pgsql is not contained within this release. I suspect the > > instructions are out of date. I think the correct instructions are: > > > > su -l pgsql initdb /usr/local/pgsql/data > > No. The pgsql user is there (pkg-install), and a .profile with > PGDATA set to ~pgsql/data exists, so it should work. Agreed, that is not the problem. > What exactly is the problem? I think the problem is me, not enough sleep, and not thinking things through correctly. I apologise. -- Dan Langille The FreeBSD Diary - http://freebsddiary.org/ - practical examples To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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