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From: Greg Smith <gsmith@gregsmith.com>
To: Jean-David Beyer <jeandavid8@verizon.net>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: autovacuum: recommended?
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:22:57 -0500 (EST)
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.64.0711191220350.27759@westnet.com> (raw)
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On Mon, 19 Nov 2007, Jean-David Beyer wrote:

> I am pretty sure they will never upgrade RHEL5 to the 8.2 series because 
> they do not do it to get new features.

That's correct.

> I do know that if I try to use .rpms from other sources, I can get in a 
> lot of trouble with incompatible libraries. And I cannot upgrade the 
> libraries without damaging other programs.

You're also right that this is tricky.  I've written a guide that goes 
over the main issues involved at 
http://www.westnet.com/~gsmith/content/postgresql/pgrpm.htm if you ever 
wanted to explore this as an option.

--
* Greg Smith gsmith@gregsmith.com http://www.gregsmith.com Baltimore, MD



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