Re: initdb profiles

Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> And anyway you need to come up with a reasonable alternative for
> packagers, rather than just say "don't do this.". The only one I can
> think of is to run initdb as part of a package postinstall, although
> packagers and especially distro preparers might find that more than
> something of a nuisance.

I think running initdb in the package postinstall is the best place, and 
many packages already do that.  I gather from this discussion that some 
packages run initdb from the init script, and that the concerns that 
have been expressed are especially about that setup, and I certainly 
agree that this is not the optimal arrangement.

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Peter Eisentraut
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