Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 23:29:41 -0500 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: Thomas Good <tomg@nrnet.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing and Running PostgreSQL Message-ID: <199905300429.XAA90358@nospam.hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: Message from Thomas Good <tomg@nrnet.org> of "Fri, 28 May 1999 08:18:29 EDT." <Pine.LNX.3.96.990528080654.11167A-100000@mailhost.nrnet.org>
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Thomas Good writes: > On Thu, 27 May 1999, David Kelly wrote: > > > Thomas Good writes: > > > Now can we get PG binaries online somewhere?! ;-) > > > > Thought I'd try it. This is how one makes a binary package out of a > > port: > > > > % cd /ports/databases/postgresql/ > > % make USE_TCL=yes package > > ===> postgresql-6.4.2 may not be packaged: Requires pgsql uid. > > % > > > > Apparently it blows up because the package system does not yet support > > the creation/addition of new user id's. Or maybe there is some good > > reason a package can not create a user account? > > David - what about a shell script that does the same thing? When I cp'd > the binaries from my production box to my laptop I did this: That's essentially what a package does too. The port executes ${PORTSDIR}/databases/postgresql/scripts/createuser. I don't know why the package can't do the same as the package executes other scripts which are included. Its my guess packages do not create user id's as a matter of security policy, not because its impossible or hard. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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