On Thu, 2003-02-13 at 20:28, Steve Crawford wrote: > I don't see why we can't keep everyone happy and let the users choose the > setup they want. To wit, make the following, probably simple, changes: > > 1) Have postgresql default to using /etc/postgresql.conf
/etc/postgres/postgresql.conf, if we want to be proper FHS-bitches. > 2) Add a setting in postgresql.conf specifying the data directory > 3) Change the meaning of -D to mean "use this config file" > 4) In the absence of a specified data directory in postgresql.conf, use the > location of the postgresql.conf file as the data directory Shouldn't it in that case default to, say /var/lib/postgres? -- Martin Coxall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
