Re: 7.1beta4 initdb problem

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> Tom Lane writes:
>> Probably initdb should have its own check for being run as root;
>> this seems cleaner than reorganizing the checks in the postgres
>> executable.

> I does have that check, but unfortunately that check requires pg_id, and
> finding the right pg_id requires finding the right postgres. The "right
> pg_id" is not entirely as trivial as it sounds, because pg_id's from <=6.5
> have very different behaviour.

Um. Okay then, the alternatives are

(1) move the handling of --version out of PostgresMain and friends, and
put it into main.c before the are-we-root check;

(2) move the are-we-root check out of main.c and duplicate it in
PostgresMain and friends.

Which choice do you like best?

regards, tom lane