Subject: Re: pgsql's home
To: Louis Guillaume <lguillaume@berklee.edu>
From: Juan RP <juan@xtrarom.org>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 04/15/2007 00:14:36
On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 18:08:44 -0400
Louis Guillaume <lguillaume@berklee.edu> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Currently the Postgresql-server packages keep are setting the user
> pgsql's home under ${PREFIX}.
> 
> Since "files that may be modified after installation" should go in
> $VARBASE, shouldn't we do this?
> 
> --- Makefile.orig       2007-04-14 18:00:42.000000000 -0400
> +++ Makefile    2007-04-14 18:01:04.000000000 -0400
> @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
>  #
>  PGUSER?=               pgsql
>  PGGROUP?=              pgsql
> -PGHOME?=               ${PREFIX}/${PGUSER}
> +PGHOME?=               ${VARBASE}/${PGUSER}
>  FILES_SUBST+=          PGUSER=${PGUSER}
>  FILES_SUBST+=          PGGROUP=${PGGROUP}
>  FILES_SUBST+=          PGHOME=${PGHOME}

Ewww... databases under PREFIX. Indeed this patch is ok.

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