Re: running multiple versions

From: Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume(at)lelarge(dot)info>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org, Heine Ferreira <heine(dot)ferreira(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: running multiple versions
Date: 2012-02-16 23:19:37
Message-ID: 201202161519.38099.adrian.klaver@gmail.com
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On Thursday, February 16, 2012 3:03:45 pm Guillaume Lelarge wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-02-16 at 15:00 -0800, Adrian Klaver wrote:
> > On Thursday, February 16, 2012 2:17:33 pm Guillaume Lelarge wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > > If so can you run different minor versions or only different major
> > > > versions?
> > >
> > > Only major versions.
> >
> > This is a limitation of the Postgres Windows Installer? Compiling from
> > source would allow running different minor versions.
>
> Yes, that's right, except that I wouldn't call that a limitation.

Well from a purely functional standpoint:
1) A user asked if it could be done.
2) The Postgres program allows it to be done.
3) The Windows Installer does not.

That looks like a limit to me:) I am not saying it is good or bad just that it
is a option that does not exist.

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Adrian Klaver
adrian(dot)klaver(at)gmail(dot)com

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