Florian Weimer <fweimer(at)bfk(dot)de> writes:
> For regression tests, I'd like to automatically set up a fresh
> PostgreSQL instance. Has anybody automated the task (initdb, setting
> a password, choosing a port at random, starting the server, and after
> running the tests, stopping the server and deleting all the
> directories)?
"make check"?
> $ fakeroot /usr/lib/postgresql/8.1/bin/postgres -D . postgres
> "root" execution of the PostgreSQL server is not permitted.
> This is a major problem when autobuilding Debian packages. 8-(
Surely you don't build random packages as root.
regards, tom lane