Bug#340166: Crossgrade from postgresql 7.4 to postgresql-7.4 broke DATADIR environment variables

2006-01-02 Thread Markus Schaber
Hi, Martin, Martin Pitt wrote: I used to have this setting in the init.d scripts, but as an apt-get upgrade overwrote this file, I was told to use postmaster.env instead. I don't remember whether there was an official bug filing, or this was private email. I did never see that bug, so maybe

Bug#340166: Crossgrade from postgresql 7.4 to postgresql-7.4 broke DATADIR environment variables

2006-01-01 Thread Markus Schaber
Hi, Martin, Martin Pitt schrieb: In the earlier postgresql instalations, one could define environment variables in postgresql.env or postmaster.conf which then were exported to the postmaster, and we could use it as LOCATION when creating new databases in other locations. These files are

Bug#340166: Crossgrade from postgresql 7.4 to postgresql-7.4 broke DATADIR environment variables

2006-01-01 Thread Martin Pitt
Hi Markus! Markus Schaber [2006-01-01 12:03 +0100]: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/interactive/manage-ag-alternate-locs.html documents this behaviour. Ah, I see. Thank you. Not only that the environment variable setting was not migrated, I also did not find the right place to

Bug#340166: Crossgrade from postgresql 7.4 to postgresql-7.4 broke DATADIR environment variables

2005-12-30 Thread Martin Pitt
tag 340166 moreinfo thanks Hi Markus! Markus Schaber [2005-11-21 14:40 +0100]: In the earlier postgresql instalations, one could define environment variables in postgresql.env or postmaster.conf which then were exported to the postmaster, and we could use it as LOCATION when creating new

Bug#340166: Crossgrade from postgresql 7.4 to postgresql-7.4 broke DATADIR environment variables

2005-11-21 Thread Markus Schaber
Package: postgresql-7.4 Version: 1:7.4.8-17 Severity: normal Hi, Some time ago, I crossgraded the Postgresql 7.4 installation to the new postgresql-common and postgresql-7.4 packaging. In the earlier postgresql instalations, one could define environment variables in postgresql.env or