From 1385f9eb71ff98dbe9160af3d3f37bf6761aa7a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "CanbiZ (MickLesk)" <47820557+MickLesk@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:46:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] postgresql: default the version prompt and match Alpine's
 packages (#18093)

An empty answer, or no TTY, ended the install with 64. The prompt now
defaults to 17 and takes var_postgresql_version; the Alpine list is
16/17/18, which is what 3.24 ships.
---
 install/postgresql-install.sh | 15 +++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/install/postgresql-install.sh b/install/postgresql-install.sh
index bd1db865f..ae2cb6dab 100644
--- a/install/postgresql-install.sh
+++ b/install/postgresql-install.sh
@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@ network_check
 update_os
 
 setup_deb_based() {
-  read -r -p "${TAB3}Enter PostgreSQL version (15/16/17/18): " ver
+  ver="${var_postgresql_version:-}"
+  [[ -n "$ver" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Enter PostgreSQL version (15/16/17/18) [17]: " ver || true
+  ver="${ver:-17}"
   [[ $ver =~ ^(15|16|17|18)$ ]] || {
-    echo "Invalid version"
+    msg_error "Invalid PostgreSQL version: ${ver} (expected 15, 16, 17 or 18)"
     exit 64
   }
   PG_VERSION=$ver setup_postgresql
@@ -136,8 +138,13 @@ EOF
 }
 
 setup_alpine() {
-  read -r -p "${TAB3}Enter PostgreSQL version (15/16/17): " ver
-  [[ $ver =~ ^(15|16|17)$ ]] || { echo "Invalid version"; exit 64; }
+  ver="${var_postgresql_version:-}"
+  [[ -n "$ver" ]] || read -r -p "${TAB3}Enter PostgreSQL version (16/17/18) [17]: " ver || true
+  ver="${ver:-17}"
+  [[ $ver =~ ^(16|17|18)$ ]] || {
+    msg_error "Invalid PostgreSQL version: ${ver} (expected 16, 17 or 18)"
+    exit 64
+  }
 
   msg_info "Installing PostgreSQL ${ver}"
   $STD apk add --no-cache postgresql${ver} postgresql${ver}-contrib postgresql${ver}-openrc sudo