hi there,

i am a postgres newbie, and tonight i installed it for the
first time.

amaaq$ sudo pkg_add postgresql-server
No packages available in the PKG_PATH
useradd: Warning: home directory `/var/postgresql' doesn't exist, and -m was 
not specified
postgresql-server-8.4.0: complete
--- postgresql-server-8.4.0 -------------------
To use the postgresql server you have to create a database first.

You find detailed instructions on how to install a database in the file
/usr/local/share/doc/postgresql/README.OpenBSD.


what about that useradd warning?

could i also suggest leaving of full stops from install messages,
or at least leaving a space before it, so the links can be
copy pasted in the terminal?  i think that is kind of accepted
in the tech world..

incidentally i also think that the message is quite verbose,
even tautologic...  why not just say:

To use the postgresql server you have to create a database first.
Please read /usr/local/share/doc/postgresql/README.OpenBSD .

i think the README.OpenBSD files are quite familiar
to the community, they know that they are afterboot(8)'s
ports(7) equivalent...

-f
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