Re: PostgreSQL 8 debs on Debian 3.1r2

[Marc Shapiro <mshapiro_42@yahoo.com>]

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

Have you looked at backports.org?  Apparently 8.0 had some security 
issues, but the home page says that they have 8.1 up and available.

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