Re: Upgrade to Red Hat Linux 9 broke PostgreSQL

From: Dennis Gearon <gearond(at)cvc(dot)net>
To: Network Administrator <netadmin(at)vcsn(dot)com>
Cc: Lamar Owen <lamar(dot)owen(at)wgcr(dot)org>, Guy Fraser <guy(at)incentre(dot)net>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Upgrade to Red Hat Linux 9 broke PostgreSQL
Date: 2003-04-15 18:56:16
Message-ID: 3E9C55D0.4050909@cvc.net
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I heard that the debian rev system is MUCH better, but never got accepted
because of the market weight of RH. Is this so?

Network Administrator wrote:
> When you say "forces upgrades" what do you mean?
>
> I might do things differently- I download the tarball, compile, dump and restore
> my system. I've never have Postgres **not** compile on my Slackware boxes but
> I've had **tons** of issues with RPM disto's (I've consulted on RedHat &
> Mandrake personally) with even smaller packages things so I don't use it much.
>
> Seems to me you should **always** be able to compile software.
>
> -$0.02
>

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