Re: [Pgsqlrpms-hackers] [HACKERS] Safer auto-initdb for RPM initscript

2006-08-25 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Am Freitag, 25. August 2006 17:17 schrieb Enver ALTIN: > Am I the only one who believes that PostgreSQL project is not supposed > to fix (or include workarounds for) some other systems that actually > don't work very well? Yes. > If NFS is causing trouble, let it be. NFS is not the trouble. --

Re: [Pgsqlrpms-hackers] [HACKERS] Safer auto-initdb for RPM initscript

2006-08-25 Thread Enver ALTIN
Merhaba, On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 10:30:56AM -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote: > It is extremely careful. The point is that the NFS mount will hide the > existing datadir from initdb. Am I the only one who believes that PostgreSQL project is not supposed to fix (or include workarounds for) some other

Re: [Pgsqlrpms-hackers] [HACKERS] Safer auto-initdb for RPM initscript

2006-08-25 Thread Andrew Dunstan
Sander Steffann wrote: Hi, If this were a bulletproof solution then I'd consider it anyway, but AFAICS it's got the very same vulnerabilities as the flag-file method, ie, if you RPM install or upgrade while your mountable data directory is offline, you can still get screwed. Isn't th

Re: [Pgsqlrpms-hackers] [HACKERS] Safer auto-initdb for RPM initscript

2006-08-25 Thread Sander Steffann
Hi, > If this were a bulletproof solution then I'd consider it anyway, but > AFAICS it's got the very same vulnerabilities as the flag-file method, > ie, if you RPM install or upgrade while your mountable data directory > is offline, you can still get screwed. Isn't the most bulletproof solution