Add variables for ArchLinux

[aruhier]

Add support and variables for ArchLinux

[gclough]

Hi @Anthony25 , is this the only thing required to support ArchLinux? We don't support pacman anywhere, but I must confess that I don't know anything about ArchLinux. Does it also support yum, or apt?

If this is all that's required, then could you please update the Travis tests to ensure this OS is automatically tested, and the README to show that it's supported.

[nchudleigh]

@gclough @Anthony25 Arch is going to be a whole other can of worms, we would need to ensure that postgres was properly supported with repositories and utilities as Arch comes out of the box with the bare minimum.

[gclough]

I agree that trying to be everything to everyone is pretty hard, so if this is going to be a big chunk of work then @Anthony25 are you able to update things and make it fully formed? (Travis, README, etc) If not, then this will probably get closed. :-(

IMHO we should aim to support all Linux variants that PDGD support:

https://www.postgresql.org/download/

Pre-built binary packages are available for a number of different operating systems:

BSD
FreeBSD
OpenBSD
Linux
Red Hat family Linux (including CentOS/Fedora/Scientific/Oracle variants)
Debian GNU/Linux and derivatives
Ubuntu Linux and derivatives
SuSE and OpenSuSE
Other Linux
macOS
Solaris

I'm not sure where ArchLinux falls in this grouping, but there does seem to be some support for it:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PostgreSQL

[aruhier]

Hi, Sorry I didn't see your answers. Sure I can make a new Dockerfile for Arch and include it into your tests!

[aruhier]

I added some tests for Arch, plus multiple fixes.

I will complete your readme if it seems okay for you.

[gclough]

Thanks for answering the questions @Anthony25 . I'm waiting on some of the maintainers with longer standing than I to weigh in and give approval.

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