Up until 8.2 I never used packages because I ran RH or FC and built from source since 6.5.2 or so. I started using packages with ubuntu, and having 8.0, 8.1, and 8.2 installed at the same time, and it's wonderful for troubleshooting issues that might crop up between versions. The Debian / Ubuntu way is really much better than the rpm one.
Does anyone who know about packaging know if this a limitation of the packaging spec in rpm, or is there a relatively simple way to get an rpm based machine to run >1 ver of pgsql at a time? On Feb 15, 2008 10:32 PM, Bryce Nesbitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm running SUSE 10.3. I have to install something behind the back of > the package manager to keep two versions of psql around. Its not the > end of the world, but it's a hassle... and fiddly in it's own right. A > 8.2/8.3 client that could talk to 8.1 would save hassle here. > > Richard Huxton wrote: > > Feasible no doubt, but fiddly and useless to most. > > > > You can have multiple installations on the same machine. I think most > > of the developers do as do many of the rest of us. What platform are > > you running? Debian has built-in support for this, but you can do it > > yourself for most installations. > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 7: You can help support the PostgreSQL project by donating at > > http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
