Re: Upgrading side by side in Gentoo - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Andrus
Subject Re: Upgrading side by side in Gentoo
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Msg-id B97D51136B5E431CA1A36AE872ABF17A@andrusnotebook
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In response to Re: Upgrading side by side in Gentoo  (Greg Smith <gsmith@gregsmith.com>)
List pgsql-general
Greg,

> You need to get one of the experimental builds that include slotted
> support.  Take a look at
> http://overlays.gentoo.org/proj/postgresql/wiki/ExperimentalFAQ and the
> page linked to by the blog article you mentioned at
> http://dev-zero.ch/blog/archives/6-PostgreSQL-Status.html

Thank you.
I have SSH root access to this system over internet only and no experiences
on Linux.
Person who installed this server has left the company.
So I think it is not possible/reasonable to try change OS in this server.

> You really should consider just installing your own PostgreSQL from source
> rather than fooling with the official pacakges.  I would wager it will
> take you less time to figure out how to do that than to fight these
> experimental packages into submission.

Where to get ready binaries which can be copied and ran in Gentoo ?
Is there any how-to pages or tips about compiling PostgreSql from source in
this Gentoo ?

Andrus.


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