Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.187]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FDD92E2DD5 for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2007 13:23:06 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.187]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 70730-03 for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2007 13:22:58 -0400 (AST) Received: from westnet.com (westnet.com [216.187.52.2]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0AA02E15CB for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2007 13:22:58 -0400 (AST) Received: from westnet.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by westnet.com (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id lAJHMvHx028667; Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:22:58 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (gsmith@localhost) by westnet.com (8.14.0/8.13.2/Submit) with ESMTP id lAJHMvCJ028663; Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:22:57 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: westnet.com: gsmith owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:22:57 -0500 (EST) From: Greg Smith X-X-Sender: gsmith@westnet.com To: Jean-David Beyer cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: autovacuum: recommended? In-Reply-To: <474191FC.3090402@verizon.net> Message-ID: References: <473D659B.1070008@nekomancer.net> <20071116094541.GA5177@depesz.com> <474091D4.4000201@nekomancer.net> <3E736C3C-9137-4B14-9010-95E57B8385F0@decibel.org> <474191FC.3090402@verizon.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200711/271 X-Sequence-Number: 27686 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