On Thu, 6 Oct 2005 05:10 am, elein wrote:
> Generally a short sed (or perl if you like) script will fix
> these up.  But it is really pretty obscure trail for people
> to find the exact problem.

Yeah, it's not that it's hard to fix when you know where to look, but my aim 
is to produce a site installation checklist for other people to follow. The 
simpler it is, the better the chance of it being successful. 

I'd prefer a site installation to be:
- install PostgreSQL RPMs
- unpack our specific postgresql.conf and pg_hba.conf 
- set up database from scripts
- install Slony RPM
- unpack our specific slony config files
- run minimal commands to get Slony going
- profit! (or at least I don't get woken up by phone calls at 3am)

That's why I'm so keen on the RPMs working out of the box, with minimal need 
for post-installation tweaks/fixes. 

Regards, Philip.