R Blake <blakers@mac.com> writes:
> i've successfully built postgreSQL 7.3.2-STABLE on Mac OSX 10.2.4.
> much trouble launching it led me to the discussions
What kind of trouble? PG runs out-of-the-box for me on OS X (for the
last few releases of each, anyway). The OS X default shmmax is not
enough to let you raise shared_buffers beyond a few hundred, but I'm not
sure why you'd be unable to launch it at all.
regards, tom lane