Re: Binaries for EOL version?

A repository is a bunch of web pages.  I can curl every package under
download.postgresql.org/pub, so why can't we curl every package under
yum-archive.postgresql.org?

On 10/19/23 15:21, Evan Rempel wrote:
> No. The original request was for the RPMs from a yum repository. You have
> to use a yum capable system.
>
>
> On 2023-10-19 13:02, Ron wrote:
>>
>> Even Ubuntu and Windows?
>>
>> On 10/19/23 14:44, Evan Rempel wrote:
>>> You can do that on any host and use the yum download only or if you want
>>> it all use reposync.
>>> Then you can copy the actual RPMS anywhere you want.
>>>
>>> Evan.
>>>
>>> On 2023-10-19 12:06, Ron wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Ah.  But I can't do that, since the server is behind many firewalls,
>>>> and only has access to an internal RHEL mirror.
>>>>
>>>> The "current" binaries are all accessible via web browser (and curl),
>>>> so it puzzles me why yum-archive isn't.
>>>>
>>>> I opened Redmine issue 7892 to make them available.
>>>>
>>>> On 10/19/23 13:38, Evan Rempel wrote:
>>>>> The packages you need are definitely on the postgresql yum server. The
>>>>> repository can not be browsed, but if you add the yum repository
>>>>> definition file as documented at the bottom of the page
>>>>> https://yum.postgresql.org/repopackages/#pgredhatoldrepos
>>>>>
>>>>> you will be able to do a "yum install amcheck_next96" easily.
>>>>>
>>>>> cat << EOF > /etc/yum.repos.d/pgdg-96.repo
>>>>> [pgdg96]
>>>>> name=PostgreSQL 9.6 RPMs for RHEL/CentOS 6
>>>>> baseurl=https://yum-archive.postgresql.org/9.6/redhat/rhel-6-x86_64
>>>>> enabled=1
>>>>> gpgcheck=0
>>>>> gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-PGDG
>>>>> EOF
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2023-10-19 10:54, Ron wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 10/19/23 12:30, Tom Lane wrote:
>>>>>> [snip]
>>>>>>> amcheck was not part of the Postgres source tree until v10.
>>>>>>> It might exist in some form for 9.6, but you'd have to look
>>>>>>> outside the standard distribution channels
>>>>>>
>>>>>> amcheck_next96 binary RPM were absolutely distributed by
>>>>>> download.postgresql.org/pub/repos/yum/9.6/redhat/rhel-6.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I downloaded amcheck_next96-1.4.1 when I downloaded 9.6.22, but did
>>>>>> not download amcheck_next96-1.4.5 with 9.6.24.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If push comes to shove, I can probably install the 1.4.1 RPM along
>>>>>> side 9.6.24.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Born in Arizona, moved to Babylonia.
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Born in Arizona, moved to Babylonia.
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