Re: Bugtraq: Having Fun With PostgreSQL

"Andrew Hammond" <andrew.george.hammond@gmail.com> writes:
> On 6/25/07, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> The normal build process for any open-source package is
>> 
>> ./configure
>> make
>> sudo make install
>> ... now what?  OK, time to read the manual ...

> Since they presumably don't know about initdb yet, yeah, I figure
> they'll be reading the manual. We already talk  about how to initdb.
> It seems reasonable to have the manual talk about how to initially
> connect to your "secure by default" database and create a
> non-superuser working user.

+1 on having such a discussion in the manual (someone else suggested
that already IIRC).  But I'm not seeing what a configure flag brings
to the party.
        regards, tom lane