Thread: snapshot: dot or dash?
er, this is probably a very stupid question: the /pub/dev/ folder on the postgres ftp server contains both postgresql-snapshot and postgresql.snapshot files, which seem nearly identical, except they unpack as postgresql-snapshot/ or pgsql/, respectively, and the size is slightly different. what is the difference? thanks, frank (i want to use the snapshot cuz i need toast, the best thing since sliced bread) -- frank joerdens joerdens new media urbanstr. 116 10967 berlin germany e: frank@joerdens.de t: +49 (0)30 69597650 f: +49 (0)30 7864046 h: http://www.joerdens.de pgp public key: http://www.joerdens.de/pgp/frank_joerdens.asc
partial answer to my own question: dash compiles, dot doesn't . . . On Sun, Oct 08, 2000 at 08:35:35PM +0200, Frank Joerdens wrote: > er, this is probably a very stupid question: the /pub/dev/ folder on the > postgres ftp server contains both postgresql-snapshot and > postgresql.snapshot files, which seem nearly identical, except they > unpack as postgresql-snapshot/ or pgsql/, respectively, and the size is > slightly different. what is the difference? > > thanks, frank > > (i want to use the snapshot cuz i need toast, the best thing since > sliced bread) > > -- > frank joerdens > > joerdens new media > urbanstr. 116 > 10967 berlin > germany > > e: frank@joerdens.de > t: +49 (0)30 69597650 > f: +49 (0)30 7864046 > h: http://www.joerdens.de > > pgp public key: http://www.joerdens.de/pgp/frank_joerdens.asc -- frank joerdens joerdens new media urbanstr. 116 10967 berlin germany e: frank@joerdens.de t: +49 (0)30 69597650 f: +49 (0)30 7864046 h: http://www.joerdens.de pgp public key: http://www.joerdens.de/pgp/frank_joerdens.asc
Frank Joerdens writes: > er, this is probably a very stupid question: the /pub/dev/ folder on the > postgres ftp server contains both postgresql-snapshot and > postgresql.snapshot files, which seem nearly identical, except they > unpack as postgresql-snapshot/ or pgsql/, respectively, and the size is > slightly different. what is the difference? Use "dash". Not stupid at all. Marc, can you remove the old files? -- Peter Eisentraut peter_e@gmx.net http://yi.org/peter-e/
Frank Joerdens <frank@joerdens.de> writes:
> er, this is probably a very stupid question: the /pub/dev/ folder on the
> postgres ftp server contains both postgresql-snapshot and
> postgresql.snapshot files, which seem nearly identical, except they
> unpack as postgresql-snapshot/ or pgsql/, respectively, and the size is
> slightly different. what is the difference?
You can see from the file dates that the dash-named files are more
recent. However, they are still startlingly out of date (25 Sep)
for files that are supposed to be rebuilt each night. I suspect the
cron script that handles this task is busted. Marc?
regards, tom lane
looking at it now, it appears that the build tree had something stuck in it that it was trying to use byacc vs bison, which was screwing up the build ... doing it manual right now, after cleaning out some cache files, and all looks good so far ... On Sun, 8 Oct 2000, Frank Joerdens wrote: > er, this is probably a very stupid question: the /pub/dev/ folder on the > postgres ftp server contains both postgresql-snapshot and > postgresql.snapshot files, which seem nearly identical, except they > unpack as postgresql-snapshot/ or pgsql/, respectively, and the size is > slightly different. what is the difference? > > thanks, frank > > (i want to use the snapshot cuz i need toast, the best thing since > sliced bread) > > -- > frank joerdens > > joerdens new media > urbanstr. 116 > 10967 berlin > germany > > e: frank@joerdens.de > t: +49 (0)30 69597650 > f: +49 (0)30 7864046 > h: http://www.joerdens.de > > pgp public key: http://www.joerdens.de/pgp/frank_joerdens.asc > > Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy Systems Administrator @ hub.org primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org