Re: [GENERAL] Compilation of optional packages

2010-10-06 Thread Jutta Buschbom
Hallo Craig, I found the repository and am considering switching to rpms. Compiling from source actually was more straightforward for me initially, but in the long run rpms probably are the better option. Thanks for the suggestion. Jutta On 06.10.2010 10:17, Craig Ringer wrote: On 06/10/10

Re: [GENERAL] Compilation of optional packages

2010-10-06 Thread Jutta Buschbom
This is reassuring. Thank you, Scott. Jutta You can install them later. The only things you can't change without a dump and reload are architectural, like integer datestamps and 32 versus 64 bit. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your

Re: [GENERAL] Compilation of optional packages

2010-10-06 Thread Craig Ringer
On 06/10/10 15:24, Jutta Buschbom wrote: > At our institute we decided to use PostGreSQL as our new server-based > database system. The installation of PostGreSQL 9.0.0 on SLES 10 x64 > went fine. > > [snip] > > Thus, my question: using “./configure –help” quite a lot of optional > packages are lis

Re: [GENERAL] Compilation of optional packages

2010-10-06 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 1:24 AM, Jutta Buschbom wrote: > Hallo, > > At our institute we decided to use PostGreSQL as our new server-based > database system. The installation of PostGreSQL 9.0.0 on SLES 10 x64 went > fine. However, before I start configuring the system and start creating > databases

[GENERAL] Compilation of optional packages

2010-10-06 Thread Jutta Buschbom
Hallo, At our institute we decided to use PostGreSQL as our new server-based database system. The installation of PostGreSQL 9.0.0 on SLES 10 x64 went fine. However, before I start configuring the system and start creating databases, users etc. I am wondering, which functionality I need to gi