Re: pgsql and Mac OS X

[merlyn(at)stonehenge(dot)com (Randal L. Schwartz)]

>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:

Tom> What you can do if you want to build PG from source is build normally
Tom> but only install the client programs.  The Fine Manual recommends

Tom>      gmake -C src/bin install
Tom>      gmake -C src/include install
Tom>      gmake -C src/interfaces install
Tom>      gmake -C doc install

Tom> instead of the usual "gmake install".

The Randal Notebook recommends:

  fink install postgresql

:-)

Then you get automatic startup on boot, usernames added, etc.

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