On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 10:05:21PM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > I tried to change the location of the PID target directory in > > postgresql.conf, but then clients like psql still try to find the PID > > file in /var/run/ postgresql and fail. > > You must be mistaken about this. psql shouldn't have a reason to read > the server's PID file.
Sounds to me like he didn't actually uninstall the Debian postgresql installation, which would leave a whole bunch of scripts lying doing all sorts of interesting things... Have a nice day, -- Martijn van Oosterhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://svana.org/kleptog/ > From each according to his ability. To each according to his ability to > litigate.
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