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To: Stefan Kaltenbrunner <[email protected]>
Cc: Josh Berkus <[email protected]>
Cc: Christoph Berg <[email protected]>
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Cc: PostgreSQL in Debian <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: Re: [pgsql-www] We should not transition to apt.postgresql.org until we have a PPA
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:38:54 -0500
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On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 09:51:45PM +0100, Stefan Kaltenbrunner wrote:
> > (2) Problem with general process
> >
> > The instructions expressed on the page involve 6 steps, three of which
> > require editing text files with persnickety syntax, thus requiring an
> > intimate knowledge of Debian packaging, and mapping your numerical
> > release number to the "cute" release names, and rearranging lines of a
> > large complex system-generated file, and messing with repository keys.
>
>
> not sure what the "intimitate knowledge requirement" here is - pasting
> exactly the strings proposed is enough and there is not a single
> requirement on understanding debian packaging, though i have to admit
> that NOT understanding it is kinda a sign that you should not have root
> on the debian based box you are on and you are an admin for.
I don't think "codename" is really good wording here:
Edit the file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list, and add a line for the
repository, substituting the proper "codename" for your release deb
http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ precise-pgdg main
Shouldn't we highlight where that name goes? I am running Squeeze and
though I know "precise" is a code-name, I found out only by accident. I
particularly think users will not recognize codenames of Debian release
newer than their own. I suggest this wording:
Edit the file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list, and add a line for the
repository, substituting the proper Debian release name:
http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ <i>release-name</i>-pgdg main
Also, we should tell users how to find their release name. I looked on
Debian and I can't even find out how to find the name, though I know it
is Squeeze.
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 on my laptop and I don't know the release name
of that, nor do I know how to find it.
Also, can't we change this to use a shell?
Package: *
Pin: release o=apt.postgresql.org
Pin-Priority: 500
as in:
sudo cat > /etc/apt/preferences.d/pgdg.pref <<END
Package: *
Pin: release o=apt.postgresql.org
Pin-Priority: 500
END
That avoids requiring them to start an editor as root, which we don't
even mention.
Folks, we shouldn't be requiring decoder rings here to install Postgres
--- we have to do better.
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