Received: from maia.hub.org (maia-3.hub.org [200.46.204.243]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86F0B632B48 for ; Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:49:07 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by maia.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.243]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 33425-05 for ; Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:49:00 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73A396322D0 for ; Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:49:00 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o5IGmwXv014607; Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:48:58 -0400 (EDT) To: David Bear cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Subject: Re: redhat and postgresql management In-reply-to: References: Comments: In-reply-to David Bear message dated "Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:11:56 -0700" Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:48:57 -0400 Message-ID: <14606.1276879737@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.91 tagged_above=-10 required=5 tests=BAYES_00=-1.9, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.01 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 201006/126 X-Sequence-Number: 34904 David Bear writes: > I have RHEL 5.4 (64bit) that has a postgresql-lib 8.1 installed to satisfy > dependancy for a dozen other packages including apache, php and other apache > modules, and subversion. > I want to install postresql 8.3 but yum informs me of the version conflict > of the library. May i safely just over write the postgresql-lib with the 8.3 > lib ?? No. They're not the same library major version. As of RHEL5.5 there is a postgresql84 package, and postgresql84-libs can be installed without a conflict with the 8.1 postgresql-libs. You might consider going for that instead of 8.3. regards, tom lane