Re: Anyone using postgreSQL on Mac OS X installed by

Fink also installs PostgreSQL 7.2.3, which is out of date.
On Sunday, December 15, 2002, at 10:22 AM, Mat Rice wrote:

> On 12/15/02 10:35 AM, "David C. Oshel" <dcoshel(at)inav(dot)net> wrote:
>
>> Hi, Mat -
>>
>> Check out Marc Liyanage's page at
>> http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/postgresql/
>>
>> He has a StartupItem that should do nicely. It installs as a package
>> (as does his excellent 7.3 binary). The script, located at
>> /Library/StartupItems/PostgreSQL/PostgreSQL can be examined with
>> TextEdit, and is _almost_ self-explanatory.
>>
>> sudo /Library/StartupItems/PostgreSQL/PostgreSQL { start | stop }
>>
>> does the trick.
>>
>> D
>
> I've seen Marc's packages and have heard great things about them. My
> only
> reservation is that everything else UNIXy has been installed via Fink
> and I
> am trying to avoid different distro's if possible. Also, I don't know
> if
> they play together well.
>
> However, I am about to give up and mix installations as I really want
> to get
> postgreSQL up and running.
>
> Thanks for the tip, maybe I'll just try the startup item alone to see
> if it
> works with my install before jumping into reinstalling the whole thing.
>
> ThanksRegards
> mAt
>
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