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Re: drop postmaster symlink

Hans Buschmann <buschmann@nidsa.net>

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From: Hans Buschmann <buschmann@nidsa.net>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@enterprisedb.com>
Cc: "devrim@gunduz.org" <devrim@gunduz.org>, "mail@joeconway.com" <mail@joeconway.com>, "robertmhaas@gmail.com" <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, "andres@anarazel.de" <andres@anarazel.de>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, "pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org" <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2023-05-23T15:09:17Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
When creating a private service for another instance of PostgreSQL I used the template of postgresql-15.service file installed into /usr/lib/systemd/system on Fedora 38 provided through the installation for postgres 15.3 from PGDG repositories.


There I noticed that the line ExecStart still uses the postmaster link.


I would propose to change it to

ExecStart=/usr/pgsql-15/bin/postgres -D $(PGDATA)


This change should apply also to back branches to avoid using deprecated links in PGDG software.

This seems to be necessesary on upcoming PG16.


(BTW: where is this all documented?)


Hans Buschmann