On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:33:26 -0500, Greg Smith wrote: > 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 http://dev-zero.ch/blog/archives/6-PostgreSQL-Status.html No, don't because those page are completely outdated. Slotted 8.3.4 is in regular portage, though marked for testing (~). It works fine, and so does updating those ebuilds to the very latest 8.3.5. > This looks like it's still in the early stages of release, so you might No. > 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. Your information is very outdated. There is exactly no reason to build stuff yourself, especially since the OP doesn't seem to know what he's doing anyway. -h -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
