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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Which files does PostgreSQL need from initscripts RPM?
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In response to Which files does PostgreSQL need from initscripts RPM?  (P G <pg_dba@yahoo.com>)
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P G <pg_dba@yahoo.com> writes:
> Does anyone know which files PostgreSQL 7.3.2 requires
> from the initscripts RPM?  I am trying to build and
> install the database from the source RPM on a Cobalt
> RAQ550, but Cobalt does not use initscripts and it is
> not a simple matter of installing the initscripts RPM
> on the system to make everything work, because I do
> not want to stomp on anything already on the system.

You'd probably be best off not to try using the RPM distribution at all.
Get the source tarball and configure/build for yourself.  The RPM distro
isn't intended to be configurable enough to let you install it "out of
the way".

            regards, tom lane

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