Re: BUG #19859: pgdg download from 9/27 has does not correctly install Postgres version 15

Hi,

On Mon, 2026-11-09 at 16:26 +0000, PG Bug reporting form wrote:
> ug reference:      19859
> Logged by:          Chuck Fisher
> Email address:      cfisher(at)tlcdelivers(dot)com
> PostgreSQL version: 15.19
> Operating system:   Oracle Linux 9
> Description:       
>
> The pgdg RPM was changed on 9/27.  I tried to use it on my latest
> upgraded server on Oracle Linux 9 a couple of weeks ago, and it does
> not download the postgresql-15 versions.   I get the following error :
>
>  yum install postgresql15-server
> PostgreSQL common RPMs for RHEL / Rocky Linux / 527  B/s | 146  B    
> 00:00
> Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'pgdg-common':
>   - Status code: 404 for
> https://download.postgresql.org/pub/repos/yum/common/re
> dhat/rhel-9.-x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml (IP: 151.101.199.52)
> Error: Failed to download metadata for repo 'pgdg-common': Cannot
> download repomd.xml: Cannot download repodata/repomd.xml: All mirrors
> were tried
>
> I changed the /etc/yum.repos.d/pgdg rpm over to the last good one in
> July 2026, and it works.
>
> However, if I do a "yum update pgdg" the 9/27 version will again be
> installed into /etc/yum.repos.d and it will fail with the above error.

Repo RPMs do not support Oracle Linux and CentOS Stream. Just added info
and a workaround to the news item:

https://yum.postgresql.org/news/repo-rpms-follow-os-minor-version/#oracle-linux-centos-stream

-HTH

Regards,
--
Devrim Gündüz
Open Source Solution Architect, PostgreSQL Major Contributor
BlueSky: @devrim.gunduz.org , @gunduz.org