Re: initdb profiles

From: Andrew - Supernews <andrew+nonews(at)supernews(dot)com>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: initdb profiles
Date: 2005-09-08 16:31:29
Message-ID: slrndi0pr1.1vfu.andrew+nonews@trinity.supernews.net
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On 2005-09-08, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> initdb is really the wrong place for this anyway, because in many
> situations (RPM installations for instance) initdb is run behind the
> scenes with no opportunity for user interaction. We should be doing
> our best to remove options from initdb, not add them.

Running initdb behind the scenes is a proven dangerous practice; why
encourage it?

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