On Thu, 7 May 2026 at 08:40, David G. Johnston <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thursday, May 7, 2026, Dutch Glory <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> proposal: >> Postgresql 18 Linux (all flavors) - with installation, create new >> instance/main database: >> sudo -u postgres /usr/pgsql-18/bin/pg_ctl -D /var/lib/pgsql/18/data/ >> initdb >> >> > No, make/ninja install should not create a database. That is outside its > appropriate responsibilities. Installing from source stops once the > binaries are installed. Using the installed product is up to the user. > Also there are lots of reasons to install Postgres without creating an instance. This is actually one of the things I don't like about the Ubuntu installer, which defaults to creating an instance (although this behaviour can be suppressed by creating a config file with an appropriate directive first).
