Re: Which files does PostgreSQL need from initscripts RPM?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: P G <pg_dba(at)yahoo(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Which files does PostgreSQL need from initscripts RPM?
Date: 2003-03-21 23:34:36
Message-ID: 16445.1048289676@sss.pgh.pa.us
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P G <pg_dba(at)yahoo(dot)com> writes:
> Does anyone know which files PostgreSQL 7.3.2 requires
> from the initscripts RPM? I am trying to build and
> install the database from the source RPM on a Cobalt
> RAQ550, but Cobalt does not use initscripts and it is
> not a simple matter of installing the initscripts RPM
> on the system to make everything work, because I do
> not want to stomp on anything already on the system.

You'd probably be best off not to try using the RPM distribution at all.
Get the source tarball and configure/build for yourself. The RPM distro
isn't intended to be configurable enough to let you install it "out of
the way".

regards, tom lane

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