On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 12:50:35AM -0800, Jim Busser wrote: > Under Debian Sarge, the command > > apt-cache policy postgresql > > gives me > > postgresql: > Installed: 7.4.5-3 > Candidate: 7.4.7-6sarge1 > Version Table: > 7.4.7-6sarge1 0 > 500 http://debian.savoirfairelinux.net sarge/main Packages > *** 7.4.5-3 0 > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status > > So: > > 1. if I run apt-get update, will 7.4.7-6sarge1 replace my existing > postgres, yes
> and can I do that regardless of whether GNUmed has been > loaded, and the gnumed bootstrap done yes For one thing going from 7.x.y to 7.x.z is supposed not to require a dump/restore cycle by the PostgreSQL folks already. And if it DID require that for some obscure reason there would be a BIG FAT WARNING prior to any damage being done by the folks on the *Debian* side, too. So, two safeguards. > 2. running apt-cache pkgnames postgres gave the following, additional > available packages. > I know I don't need all of them, but are any required or recommended > if I aim to run GNUmed on my server? > postgresql-autodoc only if you want to *create* docs as we do in the wiki > postgresql-client yes > postgresql-contrib yes > postgresql-doc well, useful Karsten -- GPG key ID E4071346 @ wwwkeys.pgp.net E167 67FD A291 2BEA 73BD 4537 78B9 A9F9 E407 1346 _______________________________________________ Gnumed-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnumed-devel
