On Fri, 3 Oct 1997, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > Is there a postgresql package for debian? > There is only postgres95 as far as I can find. > I want to start developing a web database app and don't want > to work with an old version. Nor do I particularly > want to compile the source nor install the RPM.
AFAIK there's only a postgres95-1.09 package, which is *really* out of date. Postgresql 6.2 was just released yesterday and is sooo much better (stability, performance, functionality) Actually I think that building a package isn't that difficult. There should probably be some discussion as to where all the files should go, or somebody could take a look at msql where they put it in our distribution. The main problem with a postgresql package (IMHO) is that many times when an upgrade becomes available, also a dump/restore of all databases is needed, because some system-tables have changed. That's why I never started building a package (that, and the fact that I have no idea anymore what it takes to build one, last package I build was over a year ago, and so much has changed since then :) Maarten _____________________________________________________________________________ | Maarten Boekhold, Faculty of Electrical Engineering TU Delft, NL | | Computer Architecture and Digital Technique section | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

