> > I use Fedora Core 1, and I would like to stay fairly conservative in my > > updates. But I need postgresql 7.4 which is not available in > any of the FC1 > > repositories. It is, however, available in FC2 test1 (1.90). > > > > What is the best strategy for updating one specific package with the > > required dependencies from FC2, but generally stay with the stable FC1 > > distribution? > > Assuming 'development/FC2Test1' binaries work with FC1 - I would > create a new config file /etc/yum.conf.development - with the entry > for development repository. > > Now to install postgresql (and its required dependencies) I would do: > > yum -c /etc/yum.conf.development update postgresql Thanks, it worked OK. The dependencies I expected were not there. postgresql required postgresql-server, but not postgresql-lib. Strange. donV
