Robert Treat wrote:
>Seems like some are saying one of the problems with the current system
>is it doesn't follow FHS or LSB. If those are valid reasons to change
>the system, it seems like a change which doesn't actually address those
>concerns would not be acceptable. (Unless those really aren't valid
>concerns...)
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I did not start this thread to make PostgreSQL FHS compatible, someone
else brought that up.
As I said somewhere else, I'm an old fashioned UNIX guy, capability
without policy. The patch that I submitted for 7.3.2 will allow the user
to configure PostgreSQL with a configuration file outside the $PGDATA
directory. That's all I care about. If someone wants to get on the FHS
bandwagon, that's fine. PostgreSQL should allow that ability but should
not require it.