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Johnston" Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 05:40:39 -0700 X-Gm-Features: AVHnY4JnQTqZFDkNyuDXA6DjZ1Cgl2beWryeH_HCaWGFgpBd6rhKiSs1VzJaWa8 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Postgresql 18 Linux (all flavors) - with installation, create new instance/main database To: Dutch Glory Cc: "pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org" Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000007bf8e80651399650" List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: Precedence: bulk --0000000000007bf8e80651399650 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Thursday, May 7, 2026, Dutch Glory wrote: > > proposal: > Postgresql 18 Linux (all flavors) - with installation, create new > instance/main database: > sudo -u postgres /usr/pgsql-18/bin/pg_ctl -D /var/lib/pgsql/18/data/ initdb > > No, make/ninja install should not create a database. That is outside its appropriate responsibilities. Installing from source stops once the binaries are installed. Using the installed product is up to the user. David J. --0000000000007bf8e80651399650 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thursday, May 7, 2026, Dutch Glory <dutch.glory@yahoo.com> wrote:

proposal:
Postgresql 18 Linux (all flavors) - with installation, create new instance/= main database:
sudo -u postgres /usr/pgsql-18/bin/pg_ctl -D /var/lib/pgsql/18/data/ initdb=


No, make/ninja install should not create a= database.=C2=A0 That is outside its appropriate responsibilities.=C2=A0 In= stalling from source stops once the binaries are installed.=C2=A0 Using the= installed product is up to the user.

David J.

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