Re: postgres 8.x on debian

On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 09:48:35PM +0200, Mario Guenterberg wrote:
> marcelo Cortez schrieb:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > does anyone know, whether there is a
> > Debian Package for postgresql 8.x for stable version?
> > Thanks in advance.
>
> There is no original package for postgresql v 8.x for debian sarge/stable.
> The only original package for this postgresql version is in unstable/sid.
> You can try download the source from a debian mirror near you and build
> a package for your debian installation.

Skip the compiling, just install it and it's dependancies from
testing. At this stage of the game there's so little difference between
stable and unstable that it'll just work.

Have a nice day,
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