Re: Fir mkdir command in "Short Version" for installing from source

From: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>
To: "Daniel Westermann (DWE)" <daniel(dot)westermann(at)dbi-services(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Fir mkdir command in "Short Version" for installing from source
Date: 2022-03-14 09:08:05
Message-ID: 9E25E4E0-7E68-4D97-A031-F3099EDCF09D@yesql.se
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> On 13 Mar 2022, at 17:05, Daniel Westermann (DWE) <daniel(dot)westermann(at)dbi-services(dot)com> wrote:

> if you follow that example step by step, the mkdir command will fail, obviously:
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/install-short.html
>
> Is it worth fixing that with "mkdir -p ..."?

Well, it will fail unless the user already had /usr/local/pgsql/, but I hear
what you're saying. Though I bet almost anyone following this will be able to
figure it out but there is little to no value in not being correct.

--
Daniel Gustafsson https://vmware.com/

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