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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Parallel versions on Red Hat Linux ES v3
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Msg-id 18967.1101745401@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Parallel versions on Red Hat Linux ES v3  ("Keith Worthington" <keithw@narrowpathinc.com>)
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"Keith Worthington" <keithw@narrowpathinc.com> writes:
> I am currently running PostgreSQL v7.3.6 on Red Hat Linux ES v3 because that
> is what Red Hat gave me.  Can I run PostgreSQL v7.4.6 and/or v8.0.0Beta in
> parallel?

Yes, but not using the RPM distributions, because the different RPMs
will want to overwrite the same files (eg, /usr/bin/postgres).  You'd
need to build the non-default installations from source and specify
nonstandard install directories.

            regards, tom lane

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