On Thu, Feb 23, 2006 at 12:42:52PM +0100, Martin Pitt wrote: > > The main downside of this system is that some sysadmin pretty much > > needs to create the clusters for everyone. > > What do you mean in particular? The packages install a default cluster > (e. g. postgresql-8.1 creates a cluster 8.1/main), more clusters can > be created with pg_createcluster.
What I mean is that only root can run pg_createcluster (either via package installation or directly). At least, that's what my reading of the code tells me. Uless you have an pg_adoptcluster somewhere :) > I agree. Also, FYI, a while ago I proposed some patches which allow > several major versions to be installed in parallel, but they were > deemed too specific for upstream inclusion (which is fine; it's the > distributor's task to integrate an application into a distribution's > file layout/configuration handling/other quirks). I really like the way Debian does it, you do a good job. Have you considered autogenerating entries for pg_service.conf? Have a nice day, -- Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> http://svana.org/kleptog/ > Patent. n. Genius is 5% inspiration and 95% perspiration. A patent is a > tool for doing 5% of the work and then sitting around waiting for someone > else to do the other 95% so you can sue them.
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