Re: [GENERAL] Installation with sources or with packages

2006-09-16 Thread Weerts, Jan
> However, keep in mind that Debian Sarge (stable) is currently at > PostgreSQL 7.3. If you're running Sarge, you'll either have to add > Etch (testing) repositories or download the PostgreSQL packages > from Etch repositories. Since Etch is nearing release (which could > mean anything in the Deb

Re: [GENERAL] Installation with sources or with packages

2006-09-15 Thread Brandon Aiken
s Engineer -Original Message- From: Weerts, Jan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 9:49 AM To: Brandon Aiken; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: RE: [GENERAL] Installation with sources or with packages > However, keep in mind that Debian

Re: [GENERAL] Installation with sources or with packages

2006-09-15 Thread Brandon Aiken
I prefer Debian packages wherever possible. That will provide you with the easiest manageability in the long run for maintaining updates. It's hard to beat "sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get autoclean" as a complete patch script. However, keep in mind that Debian Sarge

Re: [GENERAL] Installation with sources or with packages

2006-09-15 Thread Martijn van Oosterhout
On Fri, Sep 15, 2006 at 01:26:07PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > I need install postgresql 8.X.X on my debian host. > But someone says me I should use sources files for the install > and other one says me I should use debian package. > Does anybody have some "theory" or opinion abou