On 12 June 2013 16:30, Craig Ringer <cr...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: > None of this is hard if you have clue what you're doing. Rebuild the Pg > gem against the right libpq by fixing your PATH so it finds the right > pg_config, set host=/tmp, or set host=localhost. Any of the three will > work. Unfortunately most of these users seem to struggle with that, and > their approach to "it didn't work" appears to be "find another > tool/tutorial and try that instead". >
So we need an "official" tutorial? But which distribution would we point people to? :) > The postgres.app documentation its self doesn't look quite right when it > comes to Ruby, actually. For Ruby/Rails it says the user should use "gem > install pg" but it doesn't tell them to set the PATH first, so they'll get > whatever random pg_config is on the PATH first, often Apple's elderly Pg > with its different socket directory path, etc. Sure, they can get around > that just by setting host: localhost, but it'd be nice to see that improved > so it tells them how to build their Pg gem against the correct libpq. Or, > better, has Postgres.app automatically install it for them when they > install it. > Hmm, but where to install it? People using rvm or bundler will have their gems tucked away in a variety of places. Cheers Tom
