Martin, > The prefered way is to use pg_createcluster ....
What installation instructions should I be following? I do not recall ever hearing of pg_createcluster. Thanks, Rick --- Martin Pitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Rick Graves [2007-10-31 9:11 -0000]: > > Having just run this again, I can report that the > conf > > files are deposited in the data directory when you > run > > initdb. > > Ah, of course. If you run initdb manually, then you > cannot expect the > postgresql-common integration scripts to work > magically. The prefered > way is to use pg_createcluster, which will do all > this shuffling for > you and register the cluster in the > postgresql-common structure, init > scripts, enable the possibility to upgrade it > painlessly with > pg_upgradecluster, etc. > > But then I wonder how you managed to get the files > in /etc/? It seems > that you once had the default 8.1/main cluster, > deleted the data > directory in /var/lib, but not the configuration > directory in /etc/, > and then used initdb to re-create the data dir in > /var/? > > > Also, for the postgresql server to start, I must > copy > > server.crt, server.key and root.crt from > > /var/lib/postgresql/8.1/main to the data > directory, > > and change the owner of those files to postgres. > > Otherwise, no go. > > pg_createcluster does all this. > > > For a database sever, I think most real database > administrators > > would choose a long term support version over > unstable! > > Absolutely! > > -- > no warning about decoy conf files > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/138793 > You received this bug notification because you are a > direct subscriber > of the bug. > -- no warning about decoy conf files https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/138793 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs