Re: PostgreSQL default data location

James Herbers <james@herbers.ca> writes:
> It is a problem with the /etc/init.d/postgresql script.
> On line 31 the script grabs the defaults from the
> /etc/sysconfig/postgresql file which is where they should be. But then
> on line 41-42  it goes to set these defaults by using the file
> /etc/sysconfig/postgresql.d/${NAME} which would be the name of the
> script running, fine if the script is /etc/init.d/postgresql. In the
> case of going to run level 3 the file name is S85postgresql (a link to
> /etc/init.d/postgresql)! Well there is no file with defaults named
> /etc/sysconfig/postgresql.d/S85postgresql !!

You need to have a word with your Linux distro vendor, I think.  The
init scripts shipped by PGDG and Red Hat, at least, have gotten this
right for a long time.

            regards, tom lane