Re: beta2 rpms

On Thu, 2 Sep 2004, Lamar Owen wrote:

> Sorry, I've been kindof swamped around here.  Please name them using, say, a 
> 'JC' instead of 'PGDG' if you don't mind.  I appreciate you providing these; 
> however, I do intend to be releasing RPM's soon, but probably not beta2 ones.  
> I have some features I want to work on first, and just simply have not yet 
> had the time to do it.

Lamar,

I've been meaning to ask for a long time: Why does /var/log/pgsql get 
installed with the execute bit set? I don't have any other log files with 
the execute bit on, and can't imagine why that would be necessary or 
useful. Am I missing something?

Also, is there a reason that the init script defaults to redirecting 
stdout and stderr to /dev/null instead of to /var/log/pgsql? If the DBA 
doesn't turn on logging in postgresql.conf, then very little output goes 
to /var/log/pgsql, usually of an important nature like "stopped" or 
"started" at a certain date. I normally change that first thing after a 
new install.

Just wondering.

Thanks,
Jon


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