DANTE ALEXANDRA <ALEXANDRA.DANTE@xxxxxxxx> writes: > We have a question about the contrib rpm. > To have some tools like the "start_scripts", should we : I don't believe the RPM distribution includes contrib/start-scripts (mainly because that contrib directory has no Makefile that would install the scripts). I cannot see why you'd want them, since the postgresql-server RPM already has an init script that is considerably more appropriate for RPM-based distros than the one that's in contrib. regards, tom lane