Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hYGwv-0006y2-Lm for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 04 Jun 2019 21:26:29 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hYGwt-0008Ra-DO for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 04 Jun 2019 21:26:27 +0000 Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([2a02:c0:301:0:ffff::29]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hYGwt-0008RN-4G for pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org; Tue, 04 Jun 2019 21:26:27 +0000 Received: from mailout.easymail.ca ([64.68.200.34]) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hYGwq-0005Gr-Lv for pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org; Tue, 04 Jun 2019 21:26:26 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailout.easymail.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0D65C20A0; Tue, 4 Jun 2019 21:26:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mailout.easymail.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (emo04-pco.easydns.vpn [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id CxIAQmYoUND7; Tue, 4 Jun 2019 21:26:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from saotxwl-b7l2jf1.peroot.com (unknown [159.182.1.4]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mailout.easymail.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 134AFC1D50; Tue, 4 Jun 2019 21:26:17 +0000 (UTC) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 12.4 \(3445.104.11\)) Subject: Re: postgres source code installation vs rpm based installation From: Scott Ribe In-Reply-To: Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2019 15:26:16 -0600 Cc: Ron , pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <017AE239-93FC-4D58-B8E9-149AC425C834@elevated-dev.com> References: <877bcb21-d071-9c78-9ce7-c1446c4aca39@gmail.com> To: Pavan Kumar X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.104.11) List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Precedence: bulk > On Jun 4, 2019, at 2:49 PM, Pavan Kumar wrote: >=20 > I am not Windows DBA. I have very good experience on Linux and = working on postgres. > I installed postgres in both way's rpm based and source code = installation. =20 > I prefer source code for below reason > I will have control on postgres software location > few parameter I can modify with source code installation (like = wal-segsize).=20 > I can install same version postgres on multiple times as per = our need. You are thinking clearly ;-)