[MacPorts] #45215: postgresql*-server: don't create and own log

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#45215: postgresql*-server: don't create and own log
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 Reporter:  ryandesign@…  |      Owner:  mww@…
     Type:  defect        |     Status:  new
 Priority:  Normal        |  Milestone:
Component:  ports         |    Version:  2.3.1
 Keywords:                |       Port:  postgreslql*-server
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 The postgresql*-server ports create a postgres.log log file:

 {{{
 $ ls -l  /opt/local/var/log/postgresql93/postgres.log
 -rw-r--r--  1 postgres  postgres  5643 Sep 27 12:47
 /opt/local/var/log/postgresql93/postgres.log
 $ port provides   /opt/local/var/log/postgresql93/postgres.log
 /opt/local/var/log/postgresql93/postgres.log is provided by:
 postgresql93-server
 }}}

 This file is owned by the port. That means if the postgresql*-server port
 is uninstalled or even just deactivated or upgraded, the log will be
 deleted. This is undesirable. The port should not create a logfile. The
 port should create the logfile's parent directory, with permissions such
 that the postgres server can create the log inside it when it wants to.
 Usually this would be done with something like this:

 {{{
 destroot.keepdirs ${destroot}${prefix}/var/log/postgresql93
 post-destroot {
     xinstall -u postgres -g postgres -d
 ${destroot}${prefix}/var/log/postgresql93
 }
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/45215>
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