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[PATCH] gnu: services: postgresql: Don't initdb when directory exists

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Message #13 received at 36451 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Christopher Baines <mail <at> cbaines.net>
To: Dale Mellor <guix-devel-0brg6b <at> rdmp.org>
Cc: 36451 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, guix-patches <at> gnu.org, 69633 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 rob <at> vllmrt.net
Subject: Re: [bug#69633] [PATCH v2] gnu: services: postgresql: Don't initdb
 when directory exists
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 11:01:03 +0000

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Dale Mellor <guix-devel-0brg6b <at> rdmp.org> writes:

> From: Robert Vollmert <rob <at> vllmrt.net>
>
> * gnu/services/databases.scm (postgresql-activation): Check if
> directory exists.
>
> --------------
> Dale Mellor:
>
>      - Modified to make patch apply to head of current master branch.
>      - Verified working, does not break an existing system.
>      - Code change is clean.

I think what I'm missing here is why this change is being made? I think
the PostgreSQL service works at the moment, so what does this change
mean?

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