On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 4:36 AM, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 9:33 PM, Leif Biberg Kristensen > <l...@solumslekt.org> wrote: >> My current gripe is this: The «stable» version of Postgres on Debian is 8.4. >> In order to install 9.1... >> This seems a rather roundabout way, is there a better one? > > We use Debian at work, and I went for the other favorite way of > getting Linux software: compile it from source. That does mean that I > have to personally support it, though, and it has a few other > consequences (had to compile a couple of other things from source > instead of apt-getting them), but it's always a valid option.
When I was running a VERY busy pgsql site and needed to be able to report a bug, get a patch and apply it quickly. It's quite easy to patch a system running source code. If you've got racks of postgresql servers you'd build new packages. If you've got two servers in failover, building from source is faster and easier. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
