Re: 7.0 -> 7.2 Migration (oops)

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Jeff Davis <list-pgsql-general@empires.org>
Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Date: 2002-09-27T21:12:10Z
Lists: pgsql-general
Jeff Davis <list-pgsql-general@empires.org> writes:
> Supplying --no-deps to rpm seems dangerous to me, 
> although perhaps Lamar's directions are known to be safe enough.

> Download postgres 7.0 source, compile & install it in it's own new directory 
> (so that it doesn't clutter up your system later) and on it's own
> port.

I like Jeff's approach better too.  One caveat: you need to configure
your build with the same options as the RPM build you were using,
especially --enable-locale and --enable-multibyte if the RPM used them
(which I believe it does).

			regards, tom lane