Re: contrib/start-scripts/linux on Debian

So what is the thinking of HACKERS?

Does it make sense to include nothing and rather allow each
distribution to support its own?

Or should each distribution known to support postgres be invited to
submit the relevant script for inclusion? And, if so, should this be a
HACKERS [or other appropriate group/individual]-led effort?

I'm persisting just because no conclusive action was recommended, and I
think this is a mildly important usability issue. I don't know whether
altering this piece of contrib is something that would be relevant for
8.0...

-tfo

On Sep 5, 2004, at 8:01 AM, Ryan Kirkpatrick wrote:

> On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>
>> Thomas F.O'Connell wrote:
>>> I'd love to see a comment added to the linux start-script included in
>>> contrib that referenced update-rc.d. It's useful to note because
>>> Debian has different runlevels from Red Hat, and update-rc.d will
>>> intelligently do the same thing as chkconfig for Debian systems.
>>
>> Why not just include the Debian start script instead of asking to user
>> to fix up the existing one?
>
> I agree. I wrote that start-script a long time ago when there was not a
> very good one at all for Linux. Since then, the package maintainers for
> the various distributions have filled that void, making my script
> obsolete. TTYL.