Re: Installing on Redhat 7.2 - Mailing list pgsql-general

On Aug 30, 2006, at 4:10 PM, Ron Johnson wrote:

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> Steve Atkins wrote:
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>> On Aug 30, 2006, at 2:49 PM, Dennis Reaves wrote:
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>> I've no doubt that current Postgresql versions will compile from
>> source and run on 7.2, but you're fairly unlikely to find RPMs
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> Really?  Most system libraries have changed quite a bit in 5 years.
>  If PG uses any new functions, thhtt goes the build.

Postgresql is a well-written, portable package that tries to avoid
stupid linux-specific tricks. I've not tried it, but I'd be surprised if
it didn't compile on an old linux installation with fairly minimal
effort.

Cheers,
   Steve