| From: | Ed Loehr <eloehr(at)austin(dot)rr(dot)com> |
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| To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Slashdot discussion |
| Date: | 2000-07-10 22:44:02 |
| Message-ID: | 396A51B2.353C7A28@austin.rr.com |
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>
> I've studied the MySQL installation instructions, and they don't strike me
> as inherently simpler. Is it only perception, or what can we do better?
Good question. My 2 cents...
1) The RPM-installed binaries that come with RH 6.0/6.1 can easily and
stealthly interfere with a src.tar.gz installation due to $PATH settings
(accidentally drawing on /bin/p* instead of /opt/pgsql/bin/p* ... Adding
detection to setup/install scripts might mitigate that.
2) Write an install wizard script that figures everything out for the
user based on questions/prompts.
Regards,
Ed Loehr
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