Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL support on Redhat Advance Server 2.1

2006-04-06 Thread Jim Nasby
On Apr 4, 2006, at 12:45 PM, Tony Caduto wrote: You wrote "Unfortunately Red Hat's backwards-compatibility policy forbids dropping new major PG releases into old RHEL branches". So that means I cannot upgrade to Postgresql 8.x on a RedHat9 server? Currently I am using Postgresql 7.3 but was plann

Fw: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL support on Redhat Advance Server 2.1

2006-04-04 Thread MargaretGillon
to:pgsql-general- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 9:38 AM > To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org > Subject: Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL support on Redhat Advance Server 2.1 > > Hi Tom, > > You wrote "Unfortunately Red Hat&#x

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL support on Redhat Advance Server 2.1

2006-04-04 Thread Tony Caduto
> You wrote "Unfortunately Red Hat's backwards-compatibility policy > forbids dropping > new major PG releases into old RHEL branches". So that means I cannot > upgrade to Postgresql 8.x on a RedHat9 server? Currently I am using > Postgresql 7.3 but was planning on upgrading before I put the databa

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL support on Redhat Advance Server 2.1

2006-04-04 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Tue, 2006-04-04 at 11:38, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Tom, > > You wrote "Unfortunately Red Hat's backwards-compatibility policy > forbids dropping > new major PG releases into old RHEL branches". So that means I cannot > upgrade to Postgresql 8.x on a RedHat9 server? Currently I am using > P

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL support on Redhat Advance Server 2.1

2006-04-04 Thread MargaretGillon
Hi Tom, You wrote "Unfortunately Red Hat's backwards-compatibility policy forbids dropping new major PG releases into old RHEL branches". So that means I cannot upgrade to Postgresql 8.x on a RedHat9 server? Currently I am using Postgresql 7.3 but was planning on upgrading before I put the databa

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL support on Redhat Advance Server 2.1

2006-03-28 Thread Tom Lane
Scott Marlowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 13:14, Jim C. Nasby wrote: >> Tom has mentioned in the past that he's been backpatching stuff to 7.3 >> as part of his job, so I would assume that RH will support any 7.3 >> version. > But only for supported OSes. I'm pretty sure 2

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL support on Redhat Advance Server 2.1

2006-03-28 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 13:14, Jim C. Nasby wrote: > On Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 10:03:27AM -0800, Leon Pu wrote: > > do you mean PostgreSQL 7.3 is supported by RedHat on Advanced Server > > 2.1? > > > > I only found PostgreSQL 7.1.3's rpms for RedHat Advanced Server 2.1, no > > newer version anymore. >

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL support on Redhat Advance Server 2.1

2006-03-28 Thread Jim C. Nasby
On Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 10:03:27AM -0800, Leon Pu wrote: > do you mean PostgreSQL 7.3 is supported by RedHat on Advanced Server > 2.1? > > I only found PostgreSQL 7.1.3's rpms for RedHat Advanced Server 2.1, no > newer version anymore. Tom has mentioned in the past that he's been backpatching st

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL support on Redhat Advance Server 2.1

2006-03-27 Thread Leon Pu
--- "Jim C. Nasby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 03:16:29PM +0300, Devrim GUNDUZ wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Mon, 2006-03-27 at 06:03 -0600, Jim C. Nasby wrote: > > > I'd hope that RH would support at least the > > > most recent version of 7.4, since presumably that's part of

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL support on Redhat Advance Server 2.1

2006-03-27 Thread Jim C. Nasby
On Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 03:16:29PM +0300, Devrim GUNDUZ wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, 2006-03-27 at 06:03 -0600, Jim C. Nasby wrote: > > I'd hope that RH would support at least the > > most recent version of 7.4, since presumably that's part of what they > > pay Tom for... Just understand that 7.4 is a

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL support on Redhat Advance Server 2.1

2006-03-27 Thread Devrim GUNDUZ
Hi, On Mon, 2006-03-27 at 06:03 -0600, Jim C. Nasby wrote: > I'd hope that RH would support at least the > most recent version of 7.4, since presumably that's part of what they > pay Tom for... Just understand that 7.4 is approaching end-of-life. > (Presumably so is RHEL2...) RH won't support a

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL support on Redhat Advance Server 2.1

2006-03-27 Thread Jim C. Nasby
On Fri, Mar 24, 2006 at 11:54:29PM -0800, Leon Pu wrote: > --- Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > "Joshua D. Drake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > No there is not. I actually suggest, considering your ancient > > version of > > > RedHat that you install from source. > > > > Better yet,

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL support on Redhat Advance Server 2.1

2006-03-24 Thread Leon Pu
--- Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Joshua D. Drake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > No there is not. I actually suggest, considering your ancient > version of > > RedHat that you install from source. > > Better yet, install a more modern Red Hat release ;-) > > AS2.1 is very far into th

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL support on Redhat Advance Server 2.1

2006-03-24 Thread Tom Lane
"Joshua D. Drake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > No there is not. I actually suggest, considering your ancient version of > RedHat that you install from source. Better yet, install a more modern Red Hat release ;-) AS2.1 is very far into the "legacy" part of its support cycle. You shouldn't even

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL support on Redhat Advance Server 2.1

2006-03-24 Thread Joshua D. Drake
Hi Devrim, is there any article or annoucement about abandon support on REEL2.1 which I can refer to? Please send me the instructions to build RPMs on RHEL 2.1. Anyway, is there any potential problem to install unofficial downloaded PostgreSQL? No there is not. I actually suggest, considerin

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL support on Redhat Advance Server 2.1

2006-03-24 Thread Leon Pu
--- Devrim GUNDUZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, 2006-03-24 at 07:52 -0800, Leon Pu wrote: > > > I found the newest PostgreSQL binary download on Redhat Advance > Server > > 2.1 is version 7.4.7. > > > > > http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/binary/OLD/v7.4.7/rpms/redhat/rhel-es-2.1/ >

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL support on Redhat Advance Server 2.1

2006-03-24 Thread Devrim GUNDUZ
Hi, On Fri, 2006-03-24 at 07:52 -0800, Leon Pu wrote: > I found the newest PostgreSQL binary download on Redhat Advance Server > 2.1 is version 7.4.7. > > http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/binary/OLD/v7.4.7/rpms/redhat/rhel-es-2.1/ > > But I want to install newer PostgreSQL in Redhat Advance Server

[GENERAL] PostgreSQL support on Redhat Advance Server 2.1

2006-03-24 Thread Leon Pu
Hi all, I found the newest PostgreSQL binary download on Redhat Advance Server 2.1 is version 7.4.7. http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/binary/OLD/v7.4.7/rpms/redhat/rhel-es-2.1/ But I want to install newer PostgreSQL in Redhat Advance Server 2.1, at least version 8.0.4. Any possibility to install 8