Re: Add AlmaLinux as Specifically Supported Distro

On Tue, Jan 4, 2022 at 10:13 AM Jonathan S. Katz <jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org>
wrote:

> +Devrim
>
> On 1/4/22 10:42 AM, Jonathan Wright wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > My name is Jonathan Wright and I'm in the Infrastructure Team Lead for
> > AlmaLinux. I/we use Postgres (naturally)
>
> Glad to hear it!
>
> > and today I noticed that
> > AlmaLinux is missing as a specifically listed supported distro at
> > https://www.postgresql.org/download/
> > <https://www.postgresql.org/download/> and
> > https://www.postgresql.org/download/linux/redhat/
> > <https://www.postgresql.org/download/linux/redhat/>
> >
> > I see that Rocky was added which is great, but I think it would also be
> > appropriate to add AlmaLinux. Alma and Rocky are on about equal footing
> > in terms of adoption and both are major players in the RHEL rebuild
> > arena at the moment. It would be beneficial for users of both Postgres
> > and Alma to have the support specifically listed.
>
> I defer to Devrim on if the PostgreSQL YUM Repo supports AlmaLinux. I
> did see some random Internet instructions that shows how to install
> packages from the PostgreSQL YUM repo onto AlmaLinux systems.
>
> For the OS distro, do you have a reference to which PostgreSQL packages
> are available natively in Alma? I wasn't able to find it in my five
> minutes of searching (though I did find the repo list)[1].
>

Same as upstream/RHEL.

[root(at)mirror01-ga ~]# dnf module list postgresql
Last metadata expiration check: 1:03:01 ago on Tue Jan 4 10:18:16 2022.
AlmaLinux 8 - AppStream
Name Stream
Profiles Summary
postgresql 9.6
client, server [d] PostgreSQL server
and client module
postgresql 10 [d]
client, server [d] PostgreSQL server
and client module
postgresql 12
client, server [d] PostgreSQL server
and client module
postgresql 13
client, server [d] PostgreSQL server
and client module

Exact packages change based on which module stream is enabled.

[root(at)mirror01-ga ~]# yum list postgresql*
Last metadata expiration check: 1:05:18 ago on Tue Jan 4 10:18:16 2022.
Available Packages
postgresql.x86_64 10.17-2.module_el8.5.0+2551+8dca950a
appstream
postgresql-contrib.x86_64 10.17-2.module_el8.5.0+2551+8dca950a
appstream
postgresql-docs.x86_64 10.17-2.module_el8.5.0+2551+8dca950a
appstream
postgresql-jdbc.noarch 42.2.3-3.el8_2
appstream
postgresql-jdbc-javadoc.noarch 42.2.3-3.el8_2
appstream
postgresql-odbc.x86_64 10.03.0000-2.el8
appstream
postgresql-odbc-tests.x86_64 10.03.0000-2.el8
appstream
postgresql-plperl.x86_64 10.17-2.module_el8.5.0+2551+8dca950a
appstream
postgresql-plpython3.x86_64 10.17-2.module_el8.5.0+2551+8dca950a
appstream
postgresql-pltcl.x86_64 10.17-2.module_el8.5.0+2551+8dca950a
appstream
postgresql-server.x86_64 10.17-2.module_el8.5.0+2551+8dca950a
appstream
postgresql-server-devel.x86_64 10.17-2.module_el8.5.0+2551+8dca950a
appstream
postgresql-static.x86_64 10.17-2.module_el8.5.0+2551+8dca950a
appstream
postgresql-test.x86_64 10.17-2.module_el8.5.0+2551+8dca950a
appstream
postgresql-test-rpm-macros.x86_64 10.17-2.module_el8.5.0+2551+8dca950a
appstream
postgresql-upgrade.x86_64 10.17-2.module_el8.5.0+2551+8dca950a
appstream
postgresql-upgrade-devel.x86_64 10.17-2.module_el8.5.0+2551+8dca950a
appstream

>
> Thanks,
>
> Jonathan
>
> [1] https://wiki.almalinux.org/repos/AlmaLinux.html
>

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AlmaLinux Foundation
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