Re: Binaries for EOL version?

From: Ron <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-admin(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Binaries for EOL version?
Date: 2023-10-19 19:06:42
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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:
>> Notice: This message was sent from outside the University of Victoria
>> email system. Please be cautious with links and sensitive information.
>>
>> 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.
>
>
> --
> Evan Rempel 250.721.7691
> Senior Systems Administratorerempel(at)uvic(dot)ca
> Data Centre Services, University Systems, University of Victoria

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