On 8/24/07, Gavin Casey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I am trying to install Slony on CentOS 5 (Postgres version 8.1.9) and have
> run into some difficulty.
> With the 
> postgresql-slony1-engine-1.2.STABLE-1_PG8.1.5.src.rpm<http://pgfoundry.org/frs/download.php/1171/postgresql-slony1-engine-1.2.STABLE-1_PG8.1.5.src.rpm>
> rpmbuild --rebuild fails
> with the following messages:
>
> .....
> Slony-I-concept.nr:29: can't open `Slon.eps': No such file or directory
> Slony-I-concept.nr :55: realpath on `tmp.idx' failed: No such file or
> directory
> cmp: tmp.old: No such file or directory
> groff -U -t -p -ms -mpspic Slony-I-concept.nr >Slony-I-concept.ps
> Slony-I-concept.nr:29: can't open `Slon.eps': No such file or directory
> groff -U -t -p -ms -mpspic Slony-I-concept.nr >Slony-I-concept.ps
> Slony-I-concept.nr:29: can't open `Slon.eps': No such file or directory
> for file in Slony-I-concept.ps Slony-I-concept.pdf 
> Slony-I-concept.txtSlon_900x720.jpg ; do \
>           /bin/sh /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/postgresql-
> slony1-engine-1.2.STABLE/config/install-sh -c -m 644 $file
> /var/tmp/postgresql-
> slony1-engine-1.2.STABLE-1_PG8.1.9-root-root/usr/share/doc/postgresql-slony1-engine-1.2.STABLE/concept||
>  exit; \
>         done
> install:  Slony-I-concept.pdf does not exist
> make[2]: *** [install] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/postgresql-
> slony1-engine-1.2.STABLE/doc/concept'
> make[1]: *** [install] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/postgresql-
> slony1-engine-1.2.STABLE/doc'
> make: *** [install] Error 2
> error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.47162 (%install)
>
>
> RPM build errors:
>     Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.47162 (%install)
> .....
>
> If I can't install from the src rpm which version of the Slony source
> bundle should I use for best compatibilty with postgres 8.1.9?


1.2.latest (and .11 is coming out shortly)


> An additional factor is that I have some servers with Debian Etch already
> in production which are running Slony version 1.2.1-1 so I need to have a
> compatible version of Slony on the CentOS boxes (which will be running as
> slaves with the Debian box as master until I can move to an all CentOS
> environment).


Slony versions must match exactly for interoperability. 1.2.1 had some
serious bugs in it. Upgrades would be a good idea. The only real question is
if you want to do it before or after you move to your new environment.

Andrew
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