Florian Weimer <fweimer@xxxxxx> writes: > For regression tests, I'd like to automatically set up a fresh > PostgreSQL instance. Has anybody automated the task (initdb, setting > a password, choosing a port at random, starting the server, and after > running the tests, stopping the server and deleting all the > directories)? "make check"? > $ fakeroot /usr/lib/postgresql/8.1/bin/postgres -D . postgres > "root" execution of the PostgreSQL server is not permitted. > This is a major problem when autobuilding Debian packages. 8-( Surely you don't build random packages as root. regards, tom lane
