Wonderful idea ;). What about automating the deletion of .lock and .pid files before starting the postmaster (in the event of let's say power failures, etc... which leaves these files behind) ?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean-Michel POURE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 10:28 PM Subject: [CYGWIN] Full PostgreSQL installer for Windows > Hello friends, > > I would like to inform you that I am working on a full PostgreSQL installer > for Windows. > The goal is to promote the use of PostgreSQL combined with pgAdmin II. > > The installer is based on open-source NSIS http://www.nullsoft.com/free/nsis. > > 1) At first, I would like to automate the > /usr/doc/Cygwin/postgresql-7.1.2.README guidelines: > - test the presence of Cygwin / PostgreSQL executables (if not present show > a downloading link and quit installer), > - installation and startup of ipc-daemon. > - installation and startup of Cygwinsrv.exe under Windows NT/2000, > - test existence of postmaster account, > - start postmaster (possibly as a service under Windows NT/2000), > - initdb if needed. > > 2) In a near future, I would like to perform a minimal Cygwin installation. > - I have no idea what minimum software is needed. Any information welcome. > - Does the Cygwin licence permit it? > > An alpha installation executable will be available in a few days. > > I will probably need support for testing under Windows 95/98/2000 as I run > NT 4 (and Linux of course). > Any input (tricks, feature requests, NSIS feedback) from the community are > welcome. > > Regards, > Jean-Michel POURE > pgAdmin Development Team > http://pgadmin.postgresql.org > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? > > http://www.postgresql.org/search.mpl >
