Fw: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL support on Redhat Advance Server 2.1

[MargaretGillon]

Thanks to everyone who answered my question so quickly.
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Margaret Gillon, IS Dept., Chromalloy Los Angeles, ext. 297


----- Forwarded by Margaret Gillon/CLA/Chromalloy on 04/04/2006 12:52 PM -----

"Stock, Stuart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 04/04/2006 11:38:46 AM:

> We run Postgresql 8.1.2 on AS 2.1 (essentially RedHat 7.x) with no
> problems. Like the other posters said, RedHat doesn't provide RPMs,
> but you can compile 8.1 yourself.
>
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:pgsql-general-
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 9:38 AM
> To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL support on Redhat Advance Server 2.1

>
> Hi Tom,
>
> You wrote "Unfortunately Red Hat's backwards-compatibility policy
> forbids dropping
> new major PG releases into old RHEL branches". So that means I
> cannot upgrade to Postgresql 8.x on a RedHat9 server? Currently I am
> using Postgresql 7.3 but was planning on upgrading before I put the
> database into production.
>
> Thanks,
> Margaret Gillon, IS Dept., Chromalloy Los Angeles, ext. 297
>