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> you are behind the times Seriously? What is wrong with running programs natively without any layers in between? Also, IIRC PostgreSQL isn't recommended to b

• user-the-name 6y ago
  Because your average Unix program will basically spread itself all over your system, and is nearly impossible to remove. I don't want to pollute all my system directories with random gunk. Keeping things in containers keeps it from making a mess, and that alone makes it worth it, to say nothing about the advantages for handling dependencies or running multiple copies or versions.
  • Doctor_Fegg 6y ago
    The original issue is about Postgres.app which very deliberately _doesn’t_ spread itself all over your system.
  • cat199 6y ago
    your average unix program, esp. something like postgres which has been developed for literally decades, will basically spread itself into well defined compile-time locations which are easily removed by any competent package manager or even competent manual build (touch package.stamp && make install && find $prefix -cnewer -type f package.stamp > package.file-list ) It's only 'random' if you don't know what you are doing. Containers are fine and often good, but their existence/availability doesn't 'supercede' real knowledge.