Re: [GENERAL] postgres.org src build vs. enterprisedb installer

2008-01-21 Thread Greg Smith
On Fri, 18 Jan 2008, Jon Hancock wrote: I have not found a reputable ubuntu package for the latest 8.3 This just in on another thread: http://packages.debian.org/sid/postgresql You should be able to use that source package to build your own Ubuntu dpkg via something like the suggestions at

Re: [GENERAL] postgres.org src build vs. enterprisedb installer

2008-01-20 Thread Greg Smith
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008, Tom Lane wrote: Greg Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: It is a beta and there's already a known issue that will cause later 8.3 releases to use a different internal database format, Uh ... known to whom? I thought there was a catalog rev bump in RC2 that was going to fo

Re: [GENERAL] postgres.org src build vs. enterprisedb installer

2008-01-20 Thread Tom Lane
Greg Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Also, as someone already mentioned, you will be forced at some point to > trash whatever database install you do with 8.3rc1. It is a beta and > there's already a known issue that will cause later 8.3 releases to use a > different internal database forma

Re: [GENERAL] postgres.org src build vs. enterprisedb installer

2008-01-20 Thread Greg Smith
On Fri, 18 Jan 2008, Jon Hancock wrote: I am a fairly new user of postgres and am starting with the very latest 8.3rc1. I need to figure out the pros/cons of compiling from the source of postgres.org or the install package from enterprisedb. If you like their packaging, by all means use it to

Re: [GENERAL] postgres.org src build vs. enterprisedb installer

2008-01-20 Thread Joshua D. Drake
On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 01:28:38 -0800 (PST) Jon Hancock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am a fairly new user of postgres and am starting with the very > latest 8.3rc1. > > I need to figure out the pros/cons of compiling from the source of > postgres.org or the install package from enterprisedb. You

Re: [GENERAL] postgres.org src build vs. enterprisedb installer

2008-01-20 Thread Martijn van Oosterhout
On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 01:28:38AM -0800, Jon Hancock wrote: > I am a fairly new user of postgres and am starting with the very > latest 8.3rc1. > > I need to figure out the pros/cons of compiling from the source of > postgres.org or the install package from enterprisedb. > > My production target

[GENERAL] postgres.org src build vs. enterprisedb installer

2008-01-20 Thread Jon Hancock
I am a fairly new user of postgres and am starting with the very latest 8.3rc1. I need to figure out the pros/cons of compiling from the source of postgres.org or the install package from enterprisedb. My production target is AMD64 on ubuntu 7.04. My test and staging target is 32 bit ubuntu 7.04