Re: Is this fixable?

From: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
To: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-pkg-debian(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-pkg-debian(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Christoph Berg <myon(at)debian(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Is this fixable?
Date: 2014-10-17 08:43:06
Message-ID: CABUevEyOVaZuc8uCDmqcZXOjnm7k3vnSG=NgiNV-QWm9EZ7fsA@mail.gmail.com
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-pkg-debian

On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 12:41 AM, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> wrote:
> Guys,
>
> On current Ubuntu/Debian, if you try to use "pg_ctl" instead of
> "pg_ctlcluster", you get this message:

How do you define "current Ubuntu/Debian"? Because I don't get that on
debian stable for example. I do get it on current Ubuntu LTS (trusty).

> The program 'pg_ctl' is currently not installed. To run 'pg_ctl' please
> ask your administrator to install the package 'postgres-xc'
>
> I know where that's coming from, but to date I've witnessed four
> postgres beginners then trying to install postgres-xc and really messing
> up their servers. Is there any possible way to fix the command database
> so that users don't get that error message?

That does indeed sound like a packaging issue with postgres-xc. It
shouldn't expose a non-versioned pg_ctl, the same way that regular
PostgreSQL doesn't.

--
Magnus Hagander
Me: http://www.hagander.net/
Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/

In response to

Responses

Browse pgsql-pkg-debian by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Thom Brown 2014-10-17 08:55:20 Re: Is this fixable?
Previous Message Josh Berkus 2014-10-16 22:41:44 Is this fixable?