Andrew Hammond escribió: > On 4/9/07, CAJ CAJ <pguser@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >On 9 Apr 2007 14:47:20 -0700, Andrew Hammond > ><andrew.george.hammond@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> I'm writing a script that wants to know the latest release for a given > >> major.minor version. Is there some better way than parsing > >> http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/source/ or trying to > >connect to ftp > >> (which is invariably timing out on me today. Is that box getting > >> hammered or something?) and doing the parsing that? Both approaches > >> feel quite awkward to me. > > > >Use wget to download via HTTP (added recently). Probably wise to add a > >couple mirrors in your script. > > I'm not asking how to download stuff. I'm asking how to figure out the > current release number for a given major.minor. I thought that was > clear in my original post, but I guess not. For example, how do I > determine (programmatically) the lastest version of 8.1. Maybe get configure.in from CVS: cvs log configure.in and parse the "symbolic names" list? -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support
