On Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 08:13:37PM -0600, Jorge Santos wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> 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?
good news -- there IS a postgresql that's POTATO-friendly.
first
pg_dumpall > save.my.butt.from.idiocy.sql
then munge your sources.list, adding the line:
# /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://www.samfundet.no/~tfheen/debian potato main
and finally
apt-get update # && apt-get upgrade
apt-get install postgres{,-client,-dev,-doc}
NOTE -- the 7.0.3potato0 version from samfundet.no DOES have many
many nice features that 6.5.3 does not -- but there's NO EMBEDDED
PERL just yet. for that you'll have to build it from source, or
(like me) wait...
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