Re: Preferred Installation/Data Directories - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Ron Johnson
Subject Re: Preferred Installation/Data Directories
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Msg-id 46323991.3010207@cox.net
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In response to Re: Preferred Installation/Data Directories  (Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com>)
Responses Re: Preferred Installation/Data Directories  (Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com>)
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On 04/27/07 09:50, Rich Shepard wrote:
[snip]
>
>   I see in postgresql.SlackBuild where the data directories are specified.
> I'll change that from /var/lib/pgsql/data to /usr/local/pgsql/data and
> rebuild the package.

(Explicitly noting that this is a serious question, not an attempt
to start a flame war.)

Why put "active" data under /usr?  Ever since user data was moved to
/home, /usr has only had system stuff in it.  Or is that still a
viable BSDism?

- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!

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