Re: Neet to get PostgreSQL 7.0.X

[will trillich <will@serensoft.com>]

On Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 08:13:37PM -0600, Jorge Santos wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I need to install PostgreSQL 7.0.X for my job, the version in potato
> is 6.5.X, so what options do I have, I have downloade the .deb from
> unstable but it has unmet dependencies.  So what options do I have?  I
> was thinking about upgrading to unstable but apt-get dist-upgrade
> reports that is going to uninstall several packages and I'm wondering
> if it is such a good idea.  Well, summing it up, what is the best
> option to get PostgreSQL 7.0.X without breaking things?

good news -- there IS a postgresql that's POTATO-friendly.

first

	pg_dumpall > save.my.butt.from.idiocy.sql

then munge your sources.list, adding the line:

	# /etc/apt/sources.list
	deb http://www.samfundet.no/~tfheen/debian potato main

and finally

	apt-get update      #   && apt-get upgrade
	apt-get install postgres{,-client,-dev,-doc}

NOTE -- the 7.0.3potato0 version from samfundet.no DOES have many
many nice features that 6.5.3 does not -- but there's NO EMBEDDED
PERL just yet. for that you'll have to build it from source, or
(like me) wait...

-- 
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interesting to do so just the same.
		-- Isaac Asimov, 'The Genetic Code'

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