Re: current postgres/how stable unstable

2001-02-25 Thread Helge Kreutzmann
Hello ! I am currently getting all the prerequisite to build postgres (by reading the .dsc-files) but now I am somewhat stuck: postgresql -> perl-5.6 perl-5.6 -> debhelper (>= 3.0.6) debhelper -> perl-5.6 (here it is "Build-Depends-Indep") Which one (perl or debhelper) do I have to

Re: current postgres/how stable unstable

2001-02-24 Thread Paul Slootman
On Fri 23 Feb 2001, Christopher C. Chimelis wrote: > On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > > > Sorry, I should have checked the filenames. I touched the files apt > > was complaining about (it was a different one each time) and now I get > > E: Unable to find a source package for postgres

Re: current postgres/how stable unstable

2001-02-23 Thread Christopher C. Chimelis
On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > Sorry, I should have checked the filenames. I touched the files apt > was complaining about (it was a different one each time) and now I get > E: Unable to find a source package for postgres The source package name is postgresql. Sorry for the conf

Re: current postgres/how stable unstable

2001-02-23 Thread Helge Kreutzmann
Hello ! On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 11:09:46PM +0100, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > Hello ! > Thanks for the info but somehow my apt (potato) does not like > downloading sources: > sixtyfor:/usr/share/man/man5# apt-get source postgres > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > E:

Re: current postgres/how stable unstable

2001-02-23 Thread Helge Kreutzmann
Hello ! On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 10:31:06AM -0500, Christopher C. Chimelis wrote: > On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Paul Slootman wrote: > > > There's something in apt that will download the source and build it, > > but I usually just let apt download it: > > apt-get source -b postgresql > > That should wor

Re: current postgres/how stable unstable

2001-02-23 Thread Christopher C. Chimelis
On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Adam C Powell IV wrote: > In the spirit of one-upsmanship, I have to contribute: > > fakeroot apt-get build-dep postgresql > > which automatically gets the source and all of the Build-Depends, then > compiles > it! (Requires apt >= 0.5.0, which is in unstable now.) VERY

Re: current postgres/how stable unstable

2001-02-23 Thread Adam C Powell IV
Paul Slootman wrote: > How about > fakeroot apt-get source -b postgresql > :-) In the spirit of one-upsmanship, I have to contribute: fakeroot apt-get build-dep postgresql which automatically gets the source and all of the Build-Depends, then compiles it! (Requires apt >= 0.5.0, which

Re: current postgres/how stable unstable

2001-02-23 Thread Paul Slootman
On Fri 23 Feb 2001, Christopher C. Chimelis wrote: > On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Paul Slootman wrote: > > > There's something in apt that will download the source and build it, > > but I usually just let apt download it: > > apt-get source -b postgresql I should have known it was simple... > That shou

Re: current postgres/how stable unstable

2001-02-23 Thread Christopher C. Chimelis
On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Paul Slootman wrote: > There's something in apt that will download the source and build it, > but I usually just let apt download it: apt-get source -b postgresql That should work...although I don't know if it invokes fakeroot by default, so I suggest Paul's method. > The

Re: current postgres/how stable unstable

2001-02-23 Thread Paul Slootman
On Fri 23 Feb 2001, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > Question: > Is there a way to just upgrade postgres or do I have to go completely > to unstable ? (On an redhat system I would grab the *srpm and try a > rpm --rebuild. Is there something simmilar in debian ? Pointers to > package building in debian ve

current postgres/how stable unstable

2001-02-23 Thread Helge Kreutzmann
Hello ! I am new to debian (though on alpha for a while) and running Debian potato. Since postgres 6.5 has no foreign keys (and 7.x has) and also the notes in postgres recommend to upgrade to 7.x I got the debs from unstable but unfortunately they require a newer glibc. Question: Is there a way to