PostgreSQL 8.4 post-install intructions doesn't work with umask 027

[oscar.brynolf@…]

I'm not sure if postgresql84 is supposed to work with umask 027, but anyway, this happens:

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I'm running OSX with 'umask 027' in '/etc/launchd-user.conf'. After 'port install posgresql84-server', running this line of the post-install instructions:

$ sudo su postgres -c '/opt/local/lib/postgresql84/bin/initdb -D /opt/local/var/db/postgresql84/defaultdb'

result in

...
initdb: could not access directory "/opt/local/var/db/postgresql84/defaultdb": Permission denied

and

$ ls -l /opt/local/var/db
drwxr-x---   root  admin ...  postgresql84/

The problem is solved with

$ sudo chmod o+rx /opt/local/var/db/postgresql84

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I don't know where/what/how to solve this, or, like I said, if it's even a proper problem.

Probably related to at least #14706, but not the same.

Thanks! /Oscar

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

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