Re: PostgreSQL support on Redhat Advance Server 2.1

From: "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com>
To: Leon Pu <leon_xf_pu(at)yahoo(dot)com(dot)cn>
Cc: Devrim GUNDUZ <devrim(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL support on Redhat Advance Server 2.1
Date: 2006-03-28 19:14:01
Message-ID: 20060328191401.GW75181@pervasive.com
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On Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 10:03:27AM -0800, Leon Pu wrote:
> do you mean PostgreSQL 7.3 is supported by RedHat on Advanced Server
> 2.1?
>
> I only found PostgreSQL 7.1.3's rpms for RedHat Advanced Server 2.1, no
> newer version anymore.

Tom has mentioned in the past that he's been backpatching stuff to 7.3
as part of his job, so I would assume that RH will support any 7.3
version.

> Anyway, since I cannot upgrade the operating system, could anybody give
> me recommendation for which PostgreSQL version is more stable on 2.1?

You always want to be running the latest point release. There's a number
of data corruption bugs that have been fixed since 7.3.0.
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