Re: Looking for pg_config for postgresql 13.16

On Tue, Aug 20, 2024 at 11:56 AM H <agents(at)meddatainc(dot)com> wrote:

> I am looking for pg_config for postgresql 13.16 that I run under Rocky
> Linux 9. It seems RL appstream latest version is pg_config in
> libpq-devel-13.11-1.el9.x86_64 but dnf complains:
> installed package postgresql13-"devel-13.16-2PGDG.rhel9.x86_64 obsoletes
> libpq-devel <= 42.0 provided by libpq-devel-13.11-1.el9.x86_64 from
> appstream"
>
> What is the recommended way around this?
>

That doesn't make sense. /usr/pgsql-13/bin/pg_config should be in plain
old postgresql13.

This is PG14, but the package structure has been the same since at least PG
9.6:

$ which pg_config
/usr/pgsql-14/bin/pg_config

$ yum whatprovides /usr/pgsql-14/bin/pg_config
RHEL8-Pool for x86_64 2.9 kB/s | 251 B 00:00
rhel-8.9-x86_64-dvd 54 MB/s | 13 MB 00:00
RES-8-Updates for x86_64 97 MB/s | 83 MB 00:00
RES-AS-8-Updates for x86_64 90 MB/s | 65 MB 00:00
RES-CB-8-Updates for x86_64 40 MB/s | 7.5 MB 00:00
RES8-Manager-Tools-Pool for x86_64 504 kB/s | 58 kB 00:00
RES8-Manager-Tools-Updates for x86_64 20 MB/s | 2.6 MB 00:00
supp-supplementary-8.9-rhel-8-x86_64-dvd 559 kB/s | 47 kB 00:00
postgresql14-14.13-2PGDG.rhel8.x86_64 : PostgreSQL client programs and
libraries
Repo : @System
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/pgsql-14/bin/pg_config

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