Re: [GENERAL] Fedora 13 and yum.pgsqlrpms.org

2010-05-31 Thread Devrim GÜNDÜZ
On Sat, 2010-05-29 at 13:18 -0400, Jerry LeVan wrote: Will the repository be updated for Fedora 13 in the near future :) I had to disable the repo because yumex croaks when it cannot find the repository. FWIW, I pushed Fedora-13 packages to my repository:

[GENERAL] Will you please help with my research on OSS work...

2010-05-31 Thread Geoff Breach
Hi All, I'm Geoff, a long time postgresql user and been a reasonably regular participant on #gentoo and #postgresql on freenode for several years now, helping out new folks where I can. I'm a student (phd) at the University of Technology, Sydney in Australia. (I've also been a subscriber to

Re: [GENERAL] vulnerability of COPY command

2010-05-31 Thread Wappler, Robert
On 2010-05-30, Martin Gainty wrote: i have mixed feelings about parameterised statements. On the one hand a parameterised statement would be more difficult for a Wireshark criminal to insert their own c**p into a database because they would have to know the schema a-priori for example

[GENERAL] Libpq Asynchronous Command Processing

2010-05-31 Thread Alonso García , Bruno Elier
Hello, I am migrating a client/server application from Debian Sarge to Debian 5.0 and I am finding problems with the client application. The facts are the following: -The client application is an interface to a Postgresql DB so it uses libpq. -The client application compiles properly in both

Re: [GENERAL] Libpq Asynchronous Command Processing

2010-05-31 Thread Giles Lean
=?iso-8859-1?Q?Alonso_Garc=EDa_=2C_Bruno_Elier?= bealo...@indra.es wrote: And the problems I am finding are the following: -Queries from the client to the new DB server take a lot of time. -Queries from the client to the old DB server are fast. -The same query takes 150 secs in one case an 1

Re: [GENERAL] 110,000,000 rows

2010-05-31 Thread Jasen Betts
On 2010-05-26, John Gage jsmg...@numericable.fr wrote: Please forgive this intrusion, and please ignore it, but how many applications out there have 110,000,000 row tables? I recently multiplied 85,000 by 1,400 and said now way Jose. census data would be one. USA phone whitepages.

Re: [GENERAL] Libpq Asynchronous Command Processing

2010-05-31 Thread Craig Ringer
On 31/05/2010 5:41 PM, Giles Lean wrote: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Alonso_Garc=EDa_=2C_Bruno_Elier?=bealo...@indra.es wrote: And the problems I am finding are the following: -Queries from the client to the new DB server take a lot of time. -Queries from the client to the old DB server are fast. -The

Re: [GENERAL] Libpq Asynchronous Command Processing

2010-05-31 Thread Alonso García , Bruno Elier
With that analysis, I'd be betting against it being a client problem. (If you wanted, you might confirm that by pointing an old client at the new server.) I'd look into how the data was loaded into the new server and how the database is configured: number of buffers, indexes, and whether

[GENERAL] What Linux edition we should chose?

2010-05-31 Thread Michal Szymanski
Hi, Currently we use Debian, but it chosen by our OS admnistrator. Now we can change our OS and it is question what Linux edition will be the best. We would like have access to new versions of Postgres as soon as possible, for Debian sometimes we had to wait many weeks for official packages.

Re: [GENERAL] Libpq Asynchronous Command Processing

2010-05-31 Thread Craig Ringer
On 31/05/2010 10:34 PM, Alonso García , Bruno Elier wrote: If I perform the query using pgadmin I get the same result in both versions 7.4 and version 8.3. Please post the output of EXPLAIN ANALYZE for each. See: http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/SlowQueryQuestions and

Re: [GENERAL] What Linux edition we should chose?

2010-05-31 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Michal Szymanski dy...@poczta.onet.pl wrote: Hi, Currently we use Debian, but it chosen by our OS admnistrator. Now we can change our OS and it is question what Linux edition will be the best. We would like have access to new versions of Postgres as soon as  

Re: [GENERAL] What Linux edition we should chose?

2010-05-31 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 2:29 AM, Michal Szymanski dy...@poczta.onet.pl wrote: Hi, Currently we use Debian, but it chosen by our OS admnistrator. Now we can change our OS and it is question what Linux edition will be the best. We would like have access to new versions of Postgres as soon as  

Re: [GENERAL] Libpq Asynchronous Command Processing

2010-05-31 Thread Craig Ringer
On 31/05/2010 10:34 PM, Alonso García , Bruno Elier wrote: If I perform the query using pgadmin I get the same result in both versions 7.4 and version 8.3. Just re-read your post and realized you were probably saying that you get (effectively) the same EXPLAIN ANALYZE results from both, ie

Re: [GENERAL] What Linux edition we should chose?

2010-05-31 Thread Andreas Kretschmer
Michal Szymanski dy...@poczta.onet.pl wrote: Hi, Currently we use Debian, but it chosen by our OS admnistrator. Now we can change our OS and it is question what Linux edition will be the best. We would like have access to new versions of Postgres as soon With which distribution you are

Re: [GENERAL] What Linux edition we should chose?

2010-05-31 Thread Szymon Guz
2010/5/31 Michal Szymanski dy...@poczta.onet.pl Hi, Currently we use Debian, but it chosen by our OS admnistrator. Now we can change our OS and it is question what Linux edition will be the best. We would like have access to new versions of Postgres as soon as possible, for Debian sometimes

Re: [GENERAL] What Linux edition we should chose?

2010-05-31 Thread Ivan Sergio Borgonovo
On Mon, 31 May 2010 08:47:25 -0600 Scott Marlowe scott.marl...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 2:29 AM, Michal Szymanski dy...@poczta.onet.pl wrote: Hi, Currently we use Debian, but it chosen by our OS admnistrator. Now we can change our OS and it is question what Linux edition

Re: [GENERAL] What Linux edition we should chose?

2010-05-31 Thread Szymon Guz
2010/5/31 Ivan Sergio Borgonovo m...@webthatworks.it On Mon, 31 May 2010 08:47:25 -0600 Scott Marlowe scott.marl...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 2:29 AM, Michal Szymanski dy...@poczta.onet.pl wrote: Hi, Currently we use Debian, but it chosen by our OS admnistrator. Now

Re: [GENERAL] SELECT my_table.varchar FROM my_table

2010-05-31 Thread Richard Broersma
On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 7:48 AM, Jan Strube j...@deriva.de wrote: I accidentally encountered a feature in Postgres 8.3 that I couldn't find in the documentation while submitting a query like SELECT my_table.varchar FROM my_table which returns a concatenated string of all field values per

Re: [GENERAL] What Linux edition we should chose?

2010-05-31 Thread Tom Lane
Ivan Sergio Borgonovo m...@webthatworks.it writes: On Mon, 31 May 2010 08:47:25 -0600 Scott Marlowe scott.marl...@gmail.com wrote: Pgsql is pretty easy to build from source. Yeah it is. But what is it going to be an upgrade process? On a production box? If it makes you feel better, build

Re: [GENERAL] What Linux edition we should chose?

2010-05-31 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
You should use whatever you are comfortable with. I would go with ArchLinux for its ease of use and making packages. RPM and DPKG are much harder to build than ArchLinux's .pkg.tar.xz Also, if you install some libraries like python clients or some software depending on PgSql from the repositories

Re: [GENERAL] SELECT my_table.varchar FROM my_table

2010-05-31 Thread Tom Lane
Richard Broersma richard.broer...@gmail.com writes: On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 7:48 AM, Jan Strube j...@deriva.de wrote: I accidentally encountered a feature in Postgres 8.3 that I couldn't find in the documentation while submitting a query like SELECT my_table.varchar FROM my_table which

Re: [GENERAL] SELECT my_table.varchar FROM my_table

2010-05-31 Thread Jan Strube
Am 31.05.2010 17:44, schrieb Tom Lane: Richard Broersmarichard.broer...@gmail.com writes: On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 7:48 AM, Jan Strubej...@deriva.de wrote: I accidentally encountered a feature in Postgres 8.3 that I couldn't find in the documentation while submitting a query like

[GENERAL] Nested function invocation, but parameter does not exist

2010-05-31 Thread Wappler, Robert
Hi list, I want to create an install script for a database. First a schema and its elements are created in a second approach, some adjustments are done, e.g. create rows, which can be referenced as defaults instead of having NULL in the referenced column. Below is a minimum non-working example.

Re: [GENERAL] What Linux edition we should chose?

2010-05-31 Thread Luis Daniel Lucio Quiroz
Le lundi 31 mai 2010 10:23:51, Szymon Guz a écrit : 2010/5/31 Ivan Sergio Borgonovo m...@webthatworks.it On Mon, 31 May 2010 08:47:25 -0600 Scott Marlowe scott.marl...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 2:29 AM, Michal Szymanski dy...@poczta.onet.pl wrote: Hi,

[GENERAL] PG backup performance

2010-05-31 Thread Isabella Ghiurea
Hello PG list, I 'm looking for some tip, advice toimprove PG backups performance, presently running pg_dumpall compressed option on raid array 0 getting aprox14GB writes in 45 min, I'm backing up aprox 200GB database cluster daily . How can I improve this performance with the present

Re: [GENERAL] Libpq Asynchronous Command Processing

2010-05-31 Thread Alonso García , Bruno Elier
So PQexec works fine for you on both 7.4 and 8.3, producing a quick result no matter which server you run it against? Yes. If I use PQexec, both 7.4 and 8.3 produce a quick result but I if I use asynchronous command processing 8.3 produce a slow result whereas 7.4 works fine. Consider using

[GENERAL] Trouble with timestamp in PQprepare/PQexecPrepared

2010-05-31 Thread Viktor Pavlenko
Hello, I'm using PG 8.1.11 on linux and having trouble inserting a timestamp value (for starters :)) from a C++ program. The table: CREATE TABLE test_tbl (ts TIMESTAMP (6) NOT NULL); Insert works from psql: INSERT INTO test_tbl VALUES (to_timestamp('20100527101705806216',

Re: [GENERAL] What Linux edition we should chose?

2010-05-31 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 8:17 PM, Scott Marlowe scott.marl...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 2:29 AM, Michal Szymanski dy...@poczta.onet.pl wrote: Hi, Currently we use Debian, but it chosen by our OS admnistrator. Now we can change our OS and it is question what Linux edition will

Re: [GENERAL] Libpq Asynchronous Command Processing

2010-05-31 Thread Tom Lane
=?iso-8859-1?Q?Alonso_Garc=EDa_=2C_Bruno_Elier?= bealo...@indra.es writes: Yes. If I use PQexec, both 7.4 and 8.3 produce a quick result but I if I use asynchronous command processing 8.3 produce a slow result whereas 7.4 works fine. You're still being quite unclear. Is this 7.4 libpq + 7.4

Re: [GENERAL] Trouble with timestamp in PQprepare/PQexecPrepared

2010-05-31 Thread Tom Lane
Viktor Pavlenko v...@cogeco.ca writes: I'm using PG 8.1.11 on linux and having trouble inserting a timestamp value (for starters :)) from a C++ program. The first argument of to_timestamp is not a timestamp ... regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list

Re: [GENERAL] Trouble with timestamp in PQprepare/PQexecPrepared

2010-05-31 Thread Viktor Pavlenko
TL == Tom Lane t...@sss.pgh.pa.us writes: TL Viktor Pavlenko v...@cogeco.ca writes: I'm using PG 8.1.11 on linux and having trouble inserting a timestamp value (for starters :)) from a C++ program. TL The first argument of to_timestamp is not a timestamp ... TL

[GENERAL] Debian: upgrading from was: What Linux edition we should chose?

2010-05-31 Thread Ivan Sergio Borgonovo
On Mon, 31 May 2010 17:23:51 +0200 Szymon Guz mabew...@gmail.com wrote: Yeah it is. But what is it going to be an upgrade process? On a production box? Any experience to share on upgrading from source on Debian? Usually that's pretty easy: for upgrading the minor version (e.g. from 8.3.1

[GENERAL] Installing version 8.4

2010-05-31 Thread Bob Pawley
During the install it was recommended that I run the scripts at PostgresPlus\8.4ss\share\PostgreSQL\contrib The folder contrib is present holding 78 files. But the PostgreSQL folder is missing. Perhaps, that may be of some help? Also I got the same error on my other computer that is running

[GENERAL] archive_command

2010-05-31 Thread Jun Wang
Where can I find an example shell script and windows batch file for archive_command for backup? Thanks. Jack -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general

Re: [GENERAL] archive_command

2010-05-31 Thread Bruce Momjian
Jun Wang wrote: Where can I find an example shell script and windows batch file for archive_command for backup? There are no examples. I can be any command you want, like 'COPY'. -- Bruce Momjian br...@momjian.ushttp://momjian.us EnterpriseDB

Re: [GENERAL] Installing version 8.4

2010-05-31 Thread Ashesh Vashi
Hi Bob, On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 10:57 PM, Bob Pawley rjpaw...@shaw.ca wrote: During the install it was recommended that I run the scripts at PostgresPlus\8.4ss\share\PostgreSQL\contrib You should run the script against the output of pg_config.exe --sharedir, which should be C:\Program Files

Re: [GENERAL] What Linux edition we should chose?

2010-05-31 Thread Devrim Gündüz
On Mon, 2010-05-31 at 21:14 +0530, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote: if you install some libraries like python clients or some software depending on PgSql from the repositories in RPM/DPKG based OS, you will have a tough time with the dependency stuff. Really? -- Devrim Gündüz dev...@gunduz.org

Re: [GENERAL] What Linux edition we should chose?

2010-05-31 Thread Devrim Gündüz
On Mon, 2010-05-31 at 08:47 -0600, Scott Marlowe wrote: Pgsql is pretty easy to build from source. Right, but some sysadmins don't want to see development libraries on the machines. -- Devrim Gündüz dev...@gunduz.org -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To

Re: [GENERAL] What Linux edition we should chose?

2010-05-31 Thread Devrim Gündüz
On Mon, 2010-05-31 at 01:29 -0700, Michal Szymanski wrote: Currently we use Debian, but it chosen by our OS admnistrator. Now we can change our OS and it is question what Linux edition will be the best. We would like have access to new versions of Postgres as soon as possible, for Debian

Re: [GENERAL] PG backup performance

2010-05-31 Thread Andy Colson
On 05/31/2010 11:05 AM, Isabella Ghiurea wrote: Hello PG list, I 'm looking for some tip, advice toimprove PG backups performance, presently running pg_dumpall compressed option on raid array 0 getting aprox14GB writes in 45 min, I'm backing up aprox 200GB database cluster daily . How can I

Re: [GENERAL] Nested function invocation, but parameter does not exist

2010-05-31 Thread Andy Colson
On 05/31/2010 11:00 AM, Wappler, Robert wrote: Hi list, I want to create an install script for a database. First a schema and its elements are created in a second approach, some adjustments are done, e.g. create rows, which can be referenced as defaults instead of having NULL in the referenced

Re: [GENERAL] PG backup performance

2010-05-31 Thread Isabella Ghiurea
Hi Andy, Thank you , please, see bellow my answers: Andy Colson wrote: On 05/31/2010 11:05 AM, Isabella Ghiurea wrote: Hello PG list, I 'm looking for some tip, advice toimprove PG backups performance, presently running pg_dumpall compressed option on raid array 0 getting aprox14GB writes

Re: [GENERAL] PG backup performance

2010-05-31 Thread Andy Colson
On 05/31/2010 02:45 PM, Isabella Ghiurea wrote: Hi Andy, Thank you , please, see bellow my answers: Andy Colson wrote: On 05/31/2010 11:05 AM, Isabella Ghiurea wrote: Hello PG list, I 'm looking for some tip, advice toimprove PG backups performance, presently running pg_dumpall compressed

Re: [GENERAL] PG backup performance

2010-05-31 Thread Andy Colson
On 05/31/2010 02:45 PM, Isabella Ghiurea wrote: I 'm looking for some tip, advice to improve PG backups performance, Yep, I thought I recalled a conversation like this before, this might have some interesting info: http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-performance/2010-03/msg00132.php

[GENERAL] Insert or Update a path from textbox...

2010-05-31 Thread david.catasus
Hi, I'm just try to insert or update an actually table with Microsoft .NET platform VS2005. The problem is that de \ dissapear when I make the insert or Update. If i debug the object has all detailed path...so Why is not saved on the table. The type of column is character (100). So: I have:

Re: [GENERAL] Insert or Update a path from textbox...

2010-05-31 Thread Alban Hertroys
On 31 May 2010, at 23:27, david.cata...@1as.es wrote: Hi, I'm just try to insert or update an actually table with Microsoft .NET platform VS2005. The problem is that de \ dissapear when I make the insert or Update. Postgres is interpreting those backslashes as escape characters.

Re: [GENERAL] Out of Memory and Configuration Problems (Big Computer)

2010-05-31 Thread Tom Wilcox
I am having difficulties. I have rerun my update that uses the python functions.. (1) UPDATE nlpg.match_data SET org = normalise(org); And some other similar queries on neighbouring fields in the table. They have all now worked. Without any changes to the configuration. I have done one thing

Re: [GENERAL] Installing version 8.4

2010-05-31 Thread Bob Pawley
From: Ashesh Vashi Sent: Monday, May 31, 2010 11:33 AM To: Bob Pawley Cc: Postgresql ; adrian.kla...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Installing version 8.4 Hi Bob, On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 10:57 PM, Bob Pawley rjpaw...@shaw.ca wrote: During the install it was recommended that I run the scripts

Re: [GENERAL] What Linux edition we should chose?

2010-05-31 Thread Alan Hodgson
On Monday 31 May 2010, Devrim Gündüz dev...@gunduz.org wrote: On Mon, 2010-05-31 at 21:14 +0530, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote: if you install some libraries like python clients or some software depending on PgSql from the repositories in RPM/DPKG based OS, you will have a tough time with the

Re: [GENERAL] archive_command

2010-05-31 Thread Kenichiro Tanaka
Hello In my environment,archive_command works fine with this command. archive_command = 'COPY %p C:\\Program Files\\PostgreSQL\\8.4\\data\\archive\\%f' (Is this what you want to know?) Where can I find an example shell script and windows batch file for archive_command for backup?

Re: [GENERAL] What Linux edition we should chose?

2010-05-31 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 4:40 AM, Alan Hodgson ahodg...@simkin.ca wrote: On Monday 31 May 2010, Devrim Gündüz dev...@gunduz.org wrote: On Mon, 2010-05-31 at 21:14 +0530, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote: if you install some libraries like python clients or some software depending on PgSql from the

Re: [GENERAL] What Linux edition we should chose?

2010-05-31 Thread Clemens Schwaighofer
Hi, I run debian/testing since years and it is the best in my opinion. Besides the fact that new versions come in quite fast (after the wait phase from unstable to testing) the upgrade for major versions (eg 8.3 to 8.4) is very simple as it does not override the old files but does a parallel

Re: [GENERAL] What Linux edition we should chose?

2010-05-31 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 6:38 AM, Clemens Schwaighofer clemens_schwaigho...@e-gra.co.jp wrote: Hi, I run debian/testing since years and it is the best in my opinion. Besides the fact that new versions come in quite fast (after the wait phase from unstable to testing) the upgrade for major

Re: [GENERAL] server-side extension in c++

2010-05-31 Thread Bruce Momjian
Craig Ringer wrote: Igor wrote: Hi All, Is there an easy way to add c++ files to my simple pgsql module ? My Makefile is as follows - === MODULES = pg_uservars DATA_built = pg_uservars.sql PGXS := $(shell pg_config --pgxs) include $(PGXS) === I've got

Re: [GENERAL] What Linux edition we should chose?

2010-05-31 Thread Schwaighofer Clemens
On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 11:30, Nilesh Govindarajan li...@itech7.com wrote: Nope; you're wrong. Even RPM doesn't remove the data. But its always safer to keep a backup. I am not talking about removing the data I am talking of not beeing able to access it because the database itself is still in

Re: [GENERAL] server-side extension in c++

2010-05-31 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian br...@momjian.us writes: That is great new information. I have created a new documentation section called Using C++ for Extensibility, and listed you as the author in the CVS commit; patch attached. Thanks. Too bad two out of the four pieces of advice are wrong (how many

Re: [GENERAL] server-side extension in c++

2010-05-31 Thread Bruce Momjian
Tom Lane wrote: Bruce Momjian br...@momjian.us writes: That is great new information. I have created a new documentation section called Using C++ for Extensibility, and listed you as the author in the CVS commit; patch attached. Thanks. Too bad two out of the four pieces of advice

Re: [GENERAL] server-side extension in c++

2010-05-31 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian br...@momjian.us writes: Tom Lane wrote: Personally I would reduce this section to Don't. Well, I would have avoided this mine-trap except we have this 9.0 release note item: Allow use of productnameC++/ functions in backend code (Kurt Harriman, Peter

Re: [GENERAL] server-side extension in c++

2010-05-31 Thread Bruce Momjian
Tom Lane wrote: Bruce Momjian br...@momjian.us writes: Tom Lane wrote: Personally I would reduce this section to Don't. Well, I would have avoided this mine-trap except we have this 9.0 release note item: Allow use of productnameC++/ functions in backend code (Kurt

Re: [GENERAL] server-side extension in c++

2010-05-31 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian br...@momjian.us writes: Well, I would have avoided this mine-trap except we have this 9.0 release note item: Allow use of productnameC++/ functions in backend code (Kurt Harriman, Peter Eisentraut) So should I just comment it out and then when someone gets serious we

Re: [GENERAL] server-side extension in c++

2010-05-31 Thread Bruce Momjian
Tom Lane wrote: Bruce Momjian br...@momjian.us writes: Well, I would have avoided this mine-trap except we have this 9.0 release note item: Allow use of productnameC++/ functions in backend code (Kurt Harriman, Peter Eisentraut) So should I just comment it out and then when

Re: [GENERAL] INSERTing lots of data

2010-05-31 Thread Greg Smith
Joachim Worringen wrote: my Python application (http://perfbase.tigris.org) repeatedly needs to insert lots of data into an exsting, non-empty, potentially large table. Currently, the bottleneck is with the Python application, so I intend to multi-thread it. Each thread should work on a part

Re: [GENERAL] What Linux edition we should chose?

2010-05-31 Thread Greg Smith
Michal Szymanski wrote: Currently we use Debian, but it chosen by our OS admnistrator. Now we can change our OS and it is question what Linux edition will be the best. We would like have access to new versions of Postgres as soon as possible, for Debian sometimes we had to wait many weeks for

Re: [GENERAL] server-side extension in c++

2010-05-31 Thread Craig Ringer
On 01/06/10 10:48, Tom Lane wrote: Too bad two out of the four pieces of advice are wrong (how many pieces of memory managed by the backend are allocated directly with malloc?). The other two are not wrong as far as they go, but they're certainly woefully inadequate, because no interesting

Re: [GENERAL] What Linux edition we should chose?

2010-05-31 Thread Adrian von Bidder
On Tuesday 01 June 2010 03.08:06 Clemens Schwaighofer wrote: Besides the fact that new versions come in quite fast (after the wait phase from unstable to testing) ... and you can always mix testing and unstable. If your testing installation is not too old, usually not much fiddling with

Re: [GENERAL] What Linux edition we should chose?

2010-05-31 Thread Adrian von Bidder
Heyho! On Tuesday 01 June 2010 06.01:02 Greg Smith wrote: Put a little time into learning how to build your own packages instead, to work around this one perceived flaw, and you'll be way ahead of the mess that comes with switching distributions altogether. Note that we can always use

Re: [GENERAL] What Linux edition we should chose?

2010-05-31 Thread Devrim GÜNDÜZ
Hi, On Tue, 2010-06-01 at 06:59 +0530, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote: Self compilation has the advantage of custom gcc flags like -O3 -march -msse, etc. which can improve performance. I started to think that you have zero idea about building binary packages. Building RPMs is not a task that

Re: [GENERAL] What Linux edition we should chose?

2010-05-31 Thread Devrim GÜNDÜZ
On Tue, 2010-06-01 at 07:20 +0200, Adrian von Bidder wrote: Packaging stuff for Debian is not magic, it's just Makefiles, Perl/shell scripts and stuff like this. Given that *even I* ( :P ) could build a few 8.2 .deb packages for my previous employer, I also want to confirm that building .debs

Re: [GENERAL] What Linux edition we should chose?

2010-05-31 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
2010/6/1 Devrim GÜNDÜZ dev...@gunduz.org: Hi, On Tue, 2010-06-01 at 06:59 +0530, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote: Self compilation has the advantage of custom gcc flags like -O3 -march -msse, etc. which can improve performance. I started to think that you have zero idea about building binary