Re: initdb profiles - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: initdb profiles
Date
Msg-id 2307.1126145648@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: initdb profiles  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
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"Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com> writes:
>> What I would like to see is that initdb would end with saying that the 
>> system is not really tuned and that I should run pg-some-program to 
>> improve that.
>> 
> Perhaps at the end of initdb it would say would you like
> to run the PostgreSQL configuration program?

You're both assuming that the output of initdb goes someplace other
than /dev/null ...

I do agree with trying to create a "configuration wizard" program,
but I think having initdb advertise it will be of only marginal use.
        regards, tom lane


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