| From: | Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at> |
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| To: | "Duggins, Kyle" <kyle(dot)duggins(at)cdatribe-nsn(dot)gov>, "pgsql-pkg-yum(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-pkg-yum(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Disabling of postgresql module |
| Date: | 2024-04-12 16:57:05 |
| Message-ID: | 3775629ad0e593c5323a71f2067509fefa28dca3.camel@cybertec.at |
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On Fri, 2024-04-12 at 15:24 +0000, Duggins, Kyle wrote:
> I am curious as to why in rhel 8 that postgresql module needs to be disabled.
> As rhel does not support postgresql16 and that the competing repos came from
> when running a yum update, but by disabling postgresql module it eliminated
> the competing repo. Why would this be if there is not postgresql16 module on rhel 8?
That is for safety reasons. Perhaps it cannot happen with v16, but in general
it is a bad idea to install PGDG packages and Redhat packages side by side.
They are configured differently, and if you mix, you get interesting and
hard-to-debug problems.
Yours,
Laurenz Albe
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