Re: Allowing multiple versions of PG under NetBSD

From: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
To: Larry Rosenman <ler(at)lerctr(dot)org>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, "D'Arcy J(dot)M(dot) Cain" <darcy(at)druid(dot)net>, "Maeldron T(dot)" <maeldron(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Allowing multiple versions of PG under NetBSD
Date: 2016-07-29 20:51:40
Message-ID: 20160729205140.GX4028@tamriel.snowman.net
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* Larry Rosenman (ler(at)lerctr(dot)org) wrote:
> On 2016-07-29 15:14, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 03:09:59PM -0500, Larry Rosenman wrote:
> >>>Data Directory naming, as well as keeping the init-scripts straight.
> >>>
> >>And who gets 5432, and Unix socket naming, it starts to get messy.....
> >
> >Well, pg_upgrade uses a socket created in the current run directory, so
> >that should be fine.
> if we're talking JUST for pg_upgrade, that's one thing. Peaceful
> co-existence on an ongoing basis
> is quite another.....

It's not an insurmountable problem, though it's a bit painful. Still,
both the Debian-based and RedHat-based distributions demonstrate how it
can be done.

Thanks!

Stephen

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