All, > 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.
For that matter, some users will already have PostgreSQL installed and want to use the existing instance. Or some users may be running the old Apple Remote Desktop which unfortunately runs PostgreSQL on the default port and causes a conflict. -- --Josh Josh Berkus PostgreSQL @ Sun San Francisco ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
