[GENERAL] initdb on Debian

[Randall Smith]

I would like to be able to initdb to get a clean database to test 
backups.  Reading the Debian version of the Postgresql README, I see 
that I should use the --debian-conffile option with initdb.  Problem 
though.  I have to run initdb as user postgres, but I need to be root to 
edit the stuff in /etc.  So I can't run initdb as root or postgres.  I 
lose either way.  Also, since the configs are symlinked in etc, is there 
an elegant way to handle the configs in /etc when I'm running > 1 
postgresql instances?

Randall
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