Re: Neet to get PostgreSQL 7.0.X

[Arcady Genkin <antipode@thpoon.com>]

Jorge Santos <jsf@dep3.fciencias.unam.mx> writes:

> 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?

Make sure you have something like

deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free

in your /etc/apt/sources.lis, and then:

   su
   apt-get -b source postgresql

If all goes well, you'll get the .debs of the Postgres 7.0.3, which you
can install with "dpkg -i ...".
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