Re: 7.0 -> 7.2 Migration (oops) - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: 7.0 -> 7.2 Migration (oops)
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Msg-id 7036.1033161130@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: 7.0 -> 7.2 Migration (oops)  (Jeff Davis <list-pgsql-general@empires.org>)
Responses Re: 7.0 -> 7.2 Migration (oops)  (Lamar Owen <lamar.owen@wgcr.org>)
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Jeff Davis <list-pgsql-general@empires.org> writes:
> Supplying --no-deps to rpm seems dangerous to me,
> although perhaps Lamar's directions are known to be safe enough.

> Download postgres 7.0 source, compile & install it in it's own new directory
> (so that it doesn't clutter up your system later) and on it's own
> port.

I like Jeff's approach better too.  One caveat: you need to configure
your build with the same options as the RPM build you were using,
especially --enable-locale and --enable-multibyte if the RPM used them
(which I believe it does).

            regards, tom lane

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