Re: BUG #14014: postgresql95-setup script determines PGDATA wrongly

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: tigreavecdesailes(at)gmail(dot)com
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #14014: postgresql95-setup script determines PGDATA wrongly
Date: 2016-04-26 16:23:42
Message-ID: 20160426162342.GA3706@momjian.us
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Uh, we don't have a postgresql95-setup file. I think you need to file
this bug report with Red Hat or the author of this file.

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On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 12:22:49PM +0000, tigreavecdesailes(at)gmail(dot)com wrote:
> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>
> Bug reference: 14014
> Logged by: leonty
> Email address: tigreavecdesailes(at)gmail(dot)com
> PostgreSQL version: 9.5.1
> Operating system: RHEL 7.2
> Description:
>
> The script postgresql95-setup tries to determine the PGDATA directory two
> times:
>
> 1. first time using a systemctl call. That's ok, systemctl knows all
> possible unit file places and processes correctly the drop-ins (a directory
> in /etc/systemd/system/ ending with '.d' where partial configurations are
> stored).
>
> 2. second time (why at all??) in a few lines using sed utility to parse the
> unit file. That's wrong because drop-in directories won't be considered and
> overridden PGDATA environment is missed.
>
> How to reproduce:
> create /etc/systemd/system/postgresql-9.5.service.d/pgdata.conf with the
> following content:
> [Service]
> Environment=PGDATA=/tmp/another_postgresql_location
>
> run 'postgresql95-setup initdb', get a successful result message, then run
> 'systemctl start postgresql-9.5'. The database won't start, the log contains
> a message that the database is not initialized.
>
> How to fix:
> Probably it's just enough to delete the second try of parsing the unit file
> from postgresql95-setup script. Lines 103-104:
> # Get data directory from the service file
> PGDATA=`sed -n 's/Environment=PGDATA=//p' "${SERVICE_FILE}"`
>
>
>
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