Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nTggY-0006DT-FK for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Mon, 14 Mar 2022 09:08:14 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nTggW-0001sA-CP for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Mon, 14 Mar 2022 09:08:12 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:3e1:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nTggW-0001s1-5V for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Mon, 14 Mar 2022 09:08:12 +0000 Received: from smtp.outgoing.loopia.se ([93.188.3.37]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nTggT-0001B2-Ij for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Mon, 14 Mar 2022 09:08:11 +0000 Received: from s807.loopia.se (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by s807.loopia.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3C812F13FC6 for ; Mon, 14 Mar 2022 10:08:06 +0100 (CET) Received: from s499.loopia.se (unknown [172.22.191.5]) by s807.loopia.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id C50942E27E8D; Mon, 14 Mar 2022 10:08:06 +0100 (CET) Received: from s475.loopia.se (unknown [172.22.191.5]) by s499.loopia.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD6F41CE254C; Mon, 14 Mar 2022 10:08:06 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at amavis.loopia.se X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1 tagged_above=-999 required=6.2 tests=[ALL_TRUSTED=-1] autolearn=disabled Received: from s645.loopia.se ([172.22.191.6]) by s475.loopia.se (s475.loopia.se [172.22.190.15]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with UTF8LMTP id wA9SjEJ7vH0T; Mon, 14 Mar 2022 10:08:06 +0100 (CET) X-Loopia-Auth: user X-Loopia-User: daniel@yesql.se X-Loopia-Originating-IP: 89.255.232.193 Received: from [192.168.72.144] (customer-89-255-232-193.stosn.net [89.255.232.193]) (Authenticated sender: daniel@yesql.se) by s645.loopia.se (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 50FBD157BE64; Mon, 14 Mar 2022 10:08:06 +0100 (CET) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 13.4 \(3608.120.23.2.7\)) Subject: Re: Fir mkdir command in "Short Version" for installing from source From: Daniel Gustafsson In-Reply-To: Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2022 10:08:05 +0100 Cc: "pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <9E25E4E0-7E68-4D97-A031-F3099EDCF09D@yesql.se> References: To: "Daniel Westermann (DWE)" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3608.120.23.2.7) List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: Precedence: bulk > On 13 Mar 2022, at 17:05, Daniel Westermann (DWE) = wrote: > if you follow that example step by step, the mkdir command will fail, = obviously: > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/install-short.html >=20 > Is it worth fixing that with "mkdir -p ..."?=20 Well, it will fail unless the user already had /usr/local/pgsql/, but I = hear what you're saying. Though I bet almost anyone following this will be = able to figure it out but there is little to no value in not being correct. -- Daniel Gustafsson https://vmware.com/