In general, installation of database software does not imply that you want the database server running. It might be installed as a dependency by another package that has specific requirements for how the database is set up, so initializing and starting some default instance is not really appropriate.
I'm searching for a reasonable analogy, but having a database engine set up a database instance upon installation is somewhat akin to having the installation of Word create a letter for you. Besides, most of the network services that come preinstalled with OS X out of the box are not started by default, either - the web server, remote access (RDC/SSH), etc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
