Re: [pgsql-pkg-yum] postgresql94 doesn't add pg_config toalternatives system - Mailing list pgsql-pkg-yum

From Devrim Gündüz
Subject Re: [pgsql-pkg-yum] postgresql94 doesn't add pg_config toalternatives system
Date
Msg-id 1505431429.31475.101.camel@gunduz.org
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In response to Re: [pgsql-pkg-yum] postgresql94 doesn't add pg_config toalternatives system  (Yuri Kanivetsky <yuri.kanivetsky@gmail.com>)
List pgsql-pkg-yum
Hi,

On Thu, 2017-09-14 at 01:35 +0300, Yuri Kanivetsky wrote:
> Can you possibly elaborate? These are the binaries for which you
> provide alternatives:
>
> psql
> clusterdb
> createdb
> createlang
> createuser
> dropdb
> droplang
> dropuser
> pg_basebackup
> pg_dump
> pg_dumpall
> pg_restore
> reindexdb
> vacuumdb
>
> Are they all binary equal for 9.x packages?

They are not *binary equal", but you can use 9.6's psql against 9.5 server, or
dump 9.5 db with 9.6's pg_dump.

That is why we keep them under /usr/bin.

Regards,
--
Devrim Gündüz
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