On Thu, 2003-02-13 at 17:52, Vince Vielhaber wrote: > Seems to me that if FHS allows such a mess, it's reason enough to avoid > compliance. Either that or those of you who build for distributions are > making an ill advised change. Simply because the distribution makes the > decision to add PostgreSQL, or some other package, to it's distribution > doesn't make it a requirement to change the location of the config files.
Debian (and FHS) specifically requires that. All configuration files MUST be under /etc; the reason is to make the system administrator's job easier. Part of the raison d'etre of a distribution is to rationalise the idiosyncrasies of individual projects. The locations used by locally-built packages are up to the local administrator, but they really should not be in /etc and are recommended to be under /usr/local. I really don't see why there is such a not-invented-here mentality about this issue. I say again, standards-compliance is the best way. It makes life easier for everyone if standards are followed. Don't we pride ourselves on being closer to the SQL spec than other databases? Any way, if PostgreSQL stays as it is, I will continue to have to ensure that initdb creates symlinks to /etc/postgresql/, as happens now. -- Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight, UK http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver GPG: 1024D/3E1D0C1C: CA12 09E0 E8D5 8870 5839 932A 614D 4C34 3E1D 0C1C ======================================== "The earth is the LORD'S, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein." Psalms 24:1 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
