On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 09:06:35PM -0400, Joshua Kramer wrote: > > David, > > >I'm getting really mad at RHEL 4. They do not package a recent > >postgres in the base distro, and only put 8.1.x in a disk call > >lamp-beta... So now I wonder what a 'recommended' way of running > >postgresql is -- meaning, any linux distro will do, just build it -- > > Why not just download the RHEL4 packages from the Postgres mirrors? PG > runs fine for me in that manner, on CentOS-4 (a RHEL rebuild). Thought of that and then wondered if I would face the same dependancy issues that using the rpms from redhat gave me. Do you know if redhat just redistributed the pg rpms? Or, do these rpms actually include depndancy resolution? For example, trying to install the rpm from redhat I get a failed dependance for libpq.so.4 --- but I have no idea what package redhat would have put libpq in... and so it goes. Where should I spend time? Tracking down dependancies? Or finding a better host operating system -- at least one packaged with things the pg needs. > > Cheers, > -J -- David Bear phone: 602-496-0424 fax: 602-496-0955 College of Public Programs/ASU University Center Rm 622 411 N Central Phoenix, AZ 85007-0685 "Beware the IP portfolio, everyone will be suspect of trespassing"
