Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1rzHPg-002tLK-IA for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 23 Apr 2024 14:46:28 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1rzHPf-008xVy-8F for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 23 Apr 2024 14:46:27 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:3e1:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1rzHPf-008xVq-13 for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Tue, 23 Apr 2024 14:46:27 +0000 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us ([68.162.161.243]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1rzHPc-004GPK-Ok for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Tue, 23 Apr 2024 14:46:25 +0000 Received: from sss1.sss.pgh.pa.us (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 43NEkNZe3333611; Tue, 23 Apr 2024 10:46:23 -0400 From: Tom Lane To: Daniel Gustafsson cc: hiroki.yotsukura@gsa.gov, pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org Subject: Re: No documentation on how pg_ctl is installed In-reply-to: <869261D5-D030-4123-888B-3BA4C6C7747C@yesql.se> References: <171387603432.682.6032050963908584072@wrigleys.postgresql.org> <869261D5-D030-4123-888B-3BA4C6C7747C@yesql.se> Comments: In-reply-to Daniel Gustafsson message dated "Tue, 23 Apr 2024 15:46:39 +0200" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <3333609.1713883583.1@sss.pgh.pa.us> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 10:46:23 -0400 Message-ID: <3333610.1713883583@sss.pgh.pa.us> List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: Precedence: bulk Daniel Gustafsson writes: >> On 23 Apr 2024, at 14:40, PG Doc comments form = wrote: >> I tried upgrading to postgresql@15 with the command brew install >> postgresql@15 on a Mac from Terminal and pg_ctl is apparently not insta= lled. > This sounds like a question for the Homebrew maintainers, the postgres p= roject > is not packaging postgres for Homebrew and have no insight into how they= do it. Indeed. It's somewhat common though for packagers to split client-side Postgres programs (psql, libpq, etc) from server-side (which'd include pg_ctl as well as the server proper). I'd check for a related server package before you go complaining to the homebrew folks. regards, tom lane