I've been meaning to play more with PostgreSQL

...so here goes.

postgresql/installation/.gitignore

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+/bin/
+/data/
+/include/
+/lib/
+/postgresql-9.1.4.tar.bz2
+/postgresql-9.1.4/
+/share/
+/log/

postgresql/installation/Makefile

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+HERE := $(PWD)
+DOWNLOAD_ROOT := http://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/
+PG_VERSION := 9.1.4
+TARBALL_BASENAME := postgresql-$(PG_VERSION)
+TARBALL_URL := $(DOWNLOAD_ROOT)/v$(PG_VERSION)/$(TARBALL_BASENAME).tar.bz2
+
+all: $(HERE)/bin/pg_ctl $(HERE)/data $(HERE)/log
+
+start: $(HERE)/bin/pg_ctl $(HERE)/data $(HERE)/log
+	$(HERE)/bin/pg_ctl start -D $(HERE)/data -l $(HERE)/log/postgres.log
+
+stop: $(HERE)/bin/pg_ctl $(HERE)/data $(HERE)/log
+	$(HERE)/bin/pg_ctl stop -D $(HERE)/data
+
+restart: $(HERE)/bin/pg_ctl $(HERE)/data $(HERE)/log
+	$(HERE)/bin/pg_ctl restart -D $(HERE)/data
+
+$(TARBALL_BASENAME).tar.bz2:
+	curl -L -O $(TARBALL_URL)
+
+$(TARBALL_BASENAME): $(TARBALL_BASENAME).tar.bz2
+	tar xjvf $<
+
+$(TARBALL_BASENAME)/Makefile: $(TARBALL_BASENAME)
+	cd $< && ./configure --prefix=$(HERE)
+
+$(HERE)/bin/postgres: $(TARBALL_BASENAME)/Makefile
+	cd $(TARBALL_BASENAME) && \
+		make && \
+		make install
+
+$(HERE)/data:
+	mkdir -p $@
+
+$(HERE)/log:
+	mkdir -p $@