Re: postgresql94 doesn't add pg_config to alternatives system

From: Devrim Gündüz <devrim(at)gunduz(dot)org>
To: Yuri Kanivetsky <yuri(dot)kanivetsky(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-pkg-yum(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: postgresql94 doesn't add pg_config to alternatives system
Date: 2017-09-14 23:23:49
Message-ID: 1505431429.31475.101.camel@gunduz.org
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Hi,

On Thu, 2017-09-14 at 01:35 +0300, Yuri Kanivetsky wrote:
> Can you possibly elaborate? These are the binaries for which you
> provide alternatives:
>
> psql
> clusterdb
> createdb
> createlang
> createuser
> dropdb
> droplang
> dropuser
> pg_basebackup
> pg_dump
> pg_dumpall
> pg_restore
> reindexdb
> vacuumdb
>
> Are they all binary equal for 9.x packages?

They are not *binary equal", but you can use 9.6's psql against 9.5 server, or
dump 9.5 db with 9.6's pg_dump.

That is why we keep them under /usr/bin.

Regards,
--
Devrim Gündüz
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PostgreSQL Danışmanı/Consultant, Red Hat Certified Engineer
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