| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | andrew(at)supernews(dot)com |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: initdb profiles |
| Date: | 2005-09-08 17:40:43 |
| Message-ID: | 17537.1126201243@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Andrew - Supernews <andrew+nonews(at)supernews(dot)com> writes:
> On 2005-09-08, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> initdb is really the wrong place for this anyway, because in many
>> situations (RPM installations for instance) initdb is run behind the
>> scenes with no opportunity for user interaction. We should be doing
>> our best to remove options from initdb, not add them.
> Running initdb behind the scenes is a proven dangerous practice; why
> encourage it?
I don't see anything particularly dangerous about it.
regards, tom lane
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