On Thursday, March 1, 2012, wrote: > The following bug has been logged on the website: > > Bug reference: 6501 > Logged by: Thomas Pasch > Email address: thomas.pa...@nuclos.de <javascript:;> > PostgreSQL version: 9.1.3 > Operating system: Linux 64 (Ubuntu 11.10/oneiric) > Description: > > When I try to install postgresql-9.1.3-1-linux.run on a 64bit Linux, the > installer shows an error alert box and refuses to proceed. > > This is strange because there are very few linux 64bit system that are not > able to run 32bit applications (and Ubuntu is even multiarch). > > It would be ok if the installer issues a warning - but refusing the install > outright feels strange... > > This is intentional - amongst other things, it would double the number of platforms on which we'd have to QA the 32 bit PG and addon installers - it's far from a trivial amount of work as it is.
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