Re: Binaries for EOL version?

On 10/19/23 16:12, Evan Rempel wrote:
> I'm not arguing if the yum-archive.postgresql.org should or should not
> permit browsing. I'm trying to give you a solution that you can implement
> today to acquire the packages that you need.

As if I haven't considered that (and instantly dismissed it, since Ubuntu
and Windows).

>
> IMHO I applaud the fact that these packages are more difficult to get than
> the currently supported and tested versions. I can't see a reason why
> anyone would want to still be running them, but lets give credit where
> credit is due. The packages are still available even if I can't see a
> reason to run them.

If someone needs to install another package in an existing EOL system,
they'd need to download that package from the archive.

>
> Evan.
>
> On 2023-10-19 14:05, Ron wrote:
>>
>> A repository is a bunch of web pages.  I can curl every package under
>> download.postgresql.org/pub, so why can't we curl every package under
>> yum-archive.postgresql.org?
>>
>> On 10/19/23 15:21, Evan Rempel wrote:
>>> No. The original request was for the RPMs from a yum repository. You
>>> have to use a yum capable system.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2023-10-19 13:02, Ron wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Even Ubuntu and Windows?
>>>>
>>>> On 10/19/23 14:44, Evan Rempel wrote:
>>>>> You can do that on any host and use the yum download only or if you
>>>>> want it all use reposync.
>>>>> Then you can copy the actual RPMS anywhere you want.
>>>>>
>>>>> Evan.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2023-10-19 12:06, Ron wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ah.  But I can't do that, since the server is behind many firewalls,
>>>>>> and only has access to an internal RHEL mirror.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The "current" binaries are all accessible via web browser (and curl),
>>>>>> so it puzzles me why yum-archive isn't.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I opened Redmine issue 7892 to make them available.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 10/19/23 13:38, Evan Rempel wrote:
>>>>>>> The packages you need are definitely on the postgresql yum server.
>>>>>>> The repository can not be browsed, but if you add the yum repository
>>>>>>> definition file as documented at the bottom of the page
>>>>>>> https://yum.postgresql.org/repopackages/#pgredhatoldrepos
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> you will be able to do a "yum install amcheck_next96" easily.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> cat << EOF > /etc/yum.repos.d/pgdg-96.repo
>>>>>>> [pgdg96]
>>>>>>> name=PostgreSQL 9.6 RPMs for RHEL/CentOS 6
>>>>>>> baseurl=https://yum-archive.postgresql.org/9.6/redhat/rhel-6-x86_64
>>>>>>> enabled=1
>>>>>>> gpgcheck=0
>>>>>>> gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-PGDG
>>>>>>> EOF
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 2023-10-19 10:54, Ron wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 10/19/23 12:30, Tom Lane wrote:
>>>>>>>> [snip]
>>>>>>>>> amcheck was not part of the Postgres source tree until v10.
>>>>>>>>> It might exist in some form for 9.6, but you'd have to look
>>>>>>>>> outside the standard distribution channels
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> amcheck_next96 binary RPM were absolutely distributed by
>>>>>>>> download.postgresql.org/pub/repos/yum/9.6/redhat/rhel-6.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I downloaded amcheck_next96-1.4.1 when I downloaded 9.6.22, but did
>>>>>>>> not download amcheck_next96-1.4.5 with 9.6.24.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If push comes to shove, I can probably install the 1.4.1 RPM along
>>>>>>>> side 9.6.24.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Born in Arizona, moved to Babylonia.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Born in Arizona, moved to Babylonia.
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Born in Arizona, moved to Babylonia.
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