Re: initdb profiles - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew - Supernews
Subject Re: initdb profiles
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In response to initdb profiles  (Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>)
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Re: initdb profiles
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On 2005-09-08, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> initdb is really the wrong place for this anyway, because in many
> situations (RPM installations for instance) initdb is run behind the
> scenes with no opportunity for user interaction.  We should be doing
> our best to remove options from initdb, not add them.

Running initdb behind the scenes is a proven dangerous practice; why
encourage it?

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