Perhaps some sort of postgre-db-running package would be a good idea? It could depend on the installation of any of the versions of postgre and allow packages (and users!) the ability to depend on it being installed and running.
It could probably error on install in the case where the user has it running already. On 16 Jan 2008, at 9:05 pm, Josh Berkus wrote: > 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 > > -- > This email has been verified as Virus free. > Virus Protection and more available at http://www.plus.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
