On Wed, 12 Nov 2008, Andrus wrote:
How to install latest version in gentoo side-by side so that old version is not touched?
You need to get one of the experimental builds that include slotted support. Take a look at http://overlays.gentoo.org/proj/postgresql/wiki/ExperimentalFAQ and the page linked to by the blog article you mentioned at http://dev-zero.ch/blog/archives/6-PostgreSQL-Status.html
This looks like it's still in the early stages of release, so you might have to get some suggestions from the Gentoo package maintainers if you run into problems. The fact that this problem has been lingering around for over four years (http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42894) and it's not completely cleaned up gives you an idea how well the PostgreSQL packages are (not) maintained on Gentoo. You really should consider just installing your own PostgreSQL from source rather than fooling with the official pacakges. I would wager it will take you less time to figure out how to do that than to fight these experimental packages into submission.
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