Greg Smith <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > weixiang tam wrote: >> As we are bundling the postgresql db as our product release, we would >> like to keep the Postgres executable dir, Data Dir under our product >> folder. In this case, could I know whether I can customize the install >> directory when i do the RPM installation? > What you'd probably like to have here is what's called a relocatable > RPM. The RPMs provided for PostgreSQL are not relocatable. Moving the data directory is not that hard, you just need to add a config file that changes the PGDATA value seen by the init script. The real problem that I think the OP hasn't considered is whether his "bundled" RPM package isn't going to conflict with a preinstalled postgresql RPM. Relocating the RPM, either dynamically as you suggest or by just changing the install paths while building it, isn't a very palatable solution since e.g. you really want libpq.so in /usr/lib, psql in /usr/bin/, etc. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
