On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 05:25:57PM +0200, Alexander Farber wrote: > Hello, > > where could I get good and trustworth postgresql 8 debs > which would be updated in case of security issues? > > On www.postgresql.org there are only rpms... > > I'm using at the moment 7.x debs, but I need 8.x > for a libpq-program I'm developing... > > $ cat /etc/debian_version > 3.1 > > $ dpkg -l | grep postgres > ii postgresql 7.4.7-6sarge2 object-relational SQL database management > sy > ii postgresql-cli 7.4.7-6sarge2 front-end programs for PostgreSQL > ii postgresql-con 7.4.7-6sarge2 additional facilities for PostgreSQL > ii postgresql-dev 7.4.7-6sarge2 development files for libpq (PostgreSQL > libr > ii postgresql-doc 7.4.7-6sarge2 documentation for the PostgreSQL database > ma > Postgres packages for version 8.1 are available at www.backports.org. However, they are *not* officially supported, nor do they receive official support from the security team. Now, the people who produce those packages are the same as those who maintain the official Debian packages, so they work well and should cause little or no problem when Etch goes stable. But, you should still be aware. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto
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