Re: Getting PostgreSQL server to run on Lion

Please, don't confuse me with the facts. :-)

Seriously, that does help. I no longer have a clean installation of Lion client for reference, but I do recall copying /usr/bin/postgres from machines with Lion Server. That file, though, is just a small Ruby script that uses wait4path to wait for the data directory to be mounted before calling postgres_real. There is a launchd file at /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.postgresql.postgres.plist, but it specifies /usr/bin/postgres. You can copy that to /Library/LaunchDaemons and edit the path, or symlink it to postgres_real. E.g.,

$ sudo ln -s postgres_real /usr/bin/postgres

It should load automatically on reboot, or it can be started with:

$ sudo launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.postgresql.postgres.plist

Aaron


On Mar 22, 2012, at 7:27 AM, Axel Luttgens <[email protected]> wrote:

> Le 22 mars 2012 à 10:59, Aaron Burghardt a écrit :
> 
>> Apple shipped the PostgreSQL client libraries and related files in Lion. If you install Server, you will get the postgres backend, too. I have been able to get it running on Lion client by copying the postgres server and one or two other files to client. If you want details, let me know.
>> 
>> Aaron
>> 
>> On Mar 20, 2012, at 1:00 PM, Nathan Sims <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> Yeah, I saw that... It basically says to give up and install your own PostgreSQL. Surely Apple isn't so retarded as to deliver a crippled PostgreSQL installation, forcing you to install your own! I've googled this till my fingertips bled but haven't found how to enable what's been delivered with the system. Surely there's a way!
>>> 
> 
> Hmmm,
> 
> /usr/bin/postgres_real *is* the server binary, and it comes with a Lion client OS.
> When running it with --version, I get here:
> 
> 	postgres (PostgreSQL) 9.0.5
> 
> 
> HTH,
> Axel
> 
> 
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