On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 08:10:36PM +0000, Oliver Elphick wrote: > I'm in the process of packaging PostgreSQL 7.1beta3. It's not yet completing > the build successfully, but it's now a question of changing debian/rules and > the various files and dirs files. There may still remain some problems > with perl-dependent stuff; perl is HELL! (metaphorically :-))
and thanks for getting in up to your elbows! this'll be GREAT once we all catch up and figure out how to make it dance... > I'm also making some changes to the installation scripts to take account of > upstream changes. This will involve moving user options from pg_options > and postmaster.init into the new postgresql.conf. There will probably be > other changes too. > > This is the opportunity to suggest any major changes to the packaging. > I'll be going back over my emails to see what people may have suggested, > but they're probably not complete, so don't assume that I will automatically > remember anything you've mailed me in the past. i'm looking in /usr/share/doc/postgresql-doc/html/user/pl-perl.htm to figure out how to activate it -- but it seems that this is for the upstream folks; the debian package should already have it running, no? i'm on potato, but i've got the potato link in my sources.list: # postgresql 7.* -- for potato? deb http://www.samfundet.no/~tfheen/debian potato main and "dpkg -l postgre\*" shows un postgres95 <none> un postgres95-dev <none> ii postgresql 7.0.3-0potato1 ii postgresql-client 7.0.3-0potato1 ii postgresql-contrib 7.0.3-0potato1 ii postgresql-dev 7.0.3-0potato1 ii postgresql-doc 7.0.3-0potato1 ii postgresql-pl 7.0.3-0potato1 in postgresql-slink <none> that's all i need, right? -- See, if you were allowed to keep the money, you wouldn't create jobs with it. You'd throw it in the bushes or something. But the government will spend it, thereby creating jobs. -- Dave Barry [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** http://www.dontUthink.com/ volunteer to document your experience for next week's newbies -- http://www.eGroups.com/messages/newbieDoc