* Larry Rosenman (ler@lerctr.org) wrote:
> On 2016-07-29 15:14, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 03:09:59PM -0500, Larry Rosenman wrote:
> >>>Data Directory naming, as well as keeping the init-scripts straight.
> >>>
> >>And who gets 5432, and Unix socket naming, it starts to get messy.....
> >
> >Well, pg_upgrade uses a socket created in the current run directory, so
> >that should be fine.
> if we're talking JUST for pg_upgrade, that's one thing. Peaceful
> co-existence on an ongoing basis
> is quite another.....
It's not an insurmountable problem, though it's a bit painful. Still,
both the Debian-based and RedHat-based distributions demonstrate how it
can be done.
Thanks!
Stephen