Re: initdb profiles

Andrew - Supernews <andrew+nonews@supernews.com> writes:
> On 2005-09-08, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> initdb is really the wrong place for this anyway, because in many
>> situations (RPM installations for instance) initdb is run behind the
>> scenes with no opportunity for user interaction.  We should be doing
>> our best to remove options from initdb, not add them.

> Running initdb behind the scenes is a proven dangerous practice; why
> encourage it?

I don't see anything particularly dangerous about it.
        regards, tom lane