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7.0beta1-0.2 testing RPMS are now available.
Lamar Owen <lamar.owen@wgcr.org> — 2000-02-22T16:07:43Z
Testing RPMs for the 7.0beta1 release are now available on ftp.postgresql.org. Please note that these RPMS are BETA -- the packaging is still rough in spots. It would not be a good idea to try to upgrade a production system from the stable 6.5.3-3 RPM set to this set -- please use a development system to test with. The following are known to be things that need fixing that are packaging related: 1.) Alpha patches are needed -- Ryan K or Uncle George? 2.) Better logging support -- the current logging frankly stinks. 3.) Smoother upgrade from previous releases -- the only major change is the location of PGDATA, which is now /var/lib/pgsql/data, from /var/lib/pgsql -- you will need to move the data over manually. 4.) Currently I am not using pg_ctl -- this will be implemented in a future beta RPM. 5.) This release is lacking pl/perl due to my Linux system not building plperl.so -- I am looking into it, but I didn't want to delay the first preliminary release, as I want people to bang hard on these RPMS. 6.) Logrotate functionality is implemented, but at high cost -- each time the log is rolled, postmaster has to be restarted. If you do not want log rolling, remove /etc/logrotate.d/postgres. 7.) Logging is done to /var/log/postgresql -- however, for whatever reason postmaster still spouts debugging messages to the tty -- even after a 2>&1 redirect. Logging is not at this time timestamped -- but it will be as I get feedback about the logging. If you notice something I left out, let me know. Above all read /usr/doc/postgresql-7.0beta1/README.rpm -- there is more documentation there about what I know is broken in this very preliminary RPM, and other changes. RPMs are located at ftp.postgresql.org/pub/bindist/RPM/beta Binaries have only been generated for RedHat 6.1/Intel -- I will be building RedHat 5.2/Intel RPM's sometime later this week. If you wish to rebuild from the source RPM, you need a RedHat 6.1 system with C development, C++ development, X development, Perl, Tcl/Tk, and python-devel installed. On a minor note, there is one additional package -- postgresql-tk, which contains the tk client and pgaccess, which was removed from the postgresql-tcl package due to some people running X-less servers that wanted to use the tcl client and pltcl. Regression passes on these binaries under RedHat 6.1. Let me know of any problems you find by either e-mailing me direct or by e-mailing pgsql-ports@postgresql.org. TIA -- Lamar Owen WGCR Internet Radio 1 Peter 4:11
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Re: [HACKERS] 7.0beta1-0.2 testing RPMS are now available.
Ryan Kirkpatrick <pgsql@rkirkpat.net> — 2000-02-29T02:00:20Z
Sorry about the delayed response, been busy.... :( On Tue, 22 Feb 2000, Lamar Owen wrote: > Testing RPMs for the 7.0beta1 release are now available on > ftp.postgresql.org. Please note that these RPMS are BETA -- the > packaging is still rough in spots. It would not be a good idea to try > to upgrade a production system from the stable 6.5.3-3 RPM set to this > set -- please use a development system to test with. The following are > known to be things that need fixing that are packaging related: > > 1.) Alpha patches are needed -- Ryan K or Uncle George? Arrg... Guess that means me? :) I will try and find the time to download the 7.0 beta tarball and give it a spin on my Alpha by the end of the week. I have no clue on what patches are going to be needed, given that I have yet to even see what parts of the system they touched, let alone how much those parts have changed since 6.5.x. This will probably prove interesting. I will let you (and the list know) as soon as I have some results. TTYL. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | "For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain." | | --- Philippians 1:21 (KJV) | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Ryan Kirkpatrick | Boulder, Colorado | http://www.rkirkpat.net/ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------