Re: postgresql 6.5.3 vs. debian

[w trillich <will@pinncomp.net>]

aha.

Jeff Noxon wrote:
> Why, pray tell, are you trying to install RedHat postgresql RPMs on a Debian
> system?  Debian has postgresql 6.5.3 already, in frozen.  What you are doing
> with RPMs is just asking for trouble.

mostly because i didn't know any better...

i tried to avoid it, really! i started with dselect, then tried munging
directly with dpkg and then fell back to rpm. i'm a bit new at this,
and i've got this paranoid fear of missing The One Settings file
for every keystroke i enter...

> The easiest thing to do is just upgrade your whole system to frozen.  If you
> can't, then set up apt (/etc/apt/sources.list) to access your nearest mirror
> and run "apt-get install postgresql" ... this should upgrade just postgresql
> and the parts of your system it depends on.

no shit? pardon my grammar.

wow. that sounds delightful. i haven't run across that yet in the
mountains of documents i've looked through (four weeks and counting). 

thanks!

"hey everybody! check out this debian APT thing! cool!"