Re: No documentation on how pg_ctl is installed

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>
Cc: hiroki(dot)yotsukura(at)gsa(dot)gov, pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: No documentation on how pg_ctl is installed
Date: 2024-04-23 14:46:23
Message-ID: 3333610.1713883583@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se> writes:
>> On 23 Apr 2024, at 14:40, PG Doc comments form <noreply(at)postgresql(dot)org> wrote:
>> I tried upgrading to postgresql(at)15 with the command brew install
>> postgresql(at)15 on a Mac from Terminal and pg_ctl is apparently not installed.

> This sounds like a question for the Homebrew maintainers, the postgres project
> is not packaging postgres for Homebrew and have no insight into how they do it.

Indeed. It's somewhat common though for packagers to split
client-side Postgres programs (psql, libpq, etc) from server-side
(which'd include pg_ctl as well as the server proper). I'd check
for a related server package before you go complaining to the
homebrew folks.

regards, tom lane

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