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PostgreSQL New RPM Sets
2008-06-14
Versions: 8.3.3, 8.2.9, 8.1.13, 8.0.17, 7.4.21
Set label: 8.3.3-1PGDG, 8.2.9-1PGDG,, 8.1.13-1PGDG 8.0.17-1PGDG, 7.4.21-1PGDG
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Release Info:
PostgreSQL RPM Building Project has released RPMs for new PostgreSQL
minor releases, and they are available in main FTP site and its mirrors.
Users should upgrade to these versions as soon as possible.
We currently have RPMs for:
- Fedora Core 7 (x86 and x86_64)
- Fedora Core 8 (x86 and x86_64)
- Fedora Core 9 (x86 and x86_64)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux / CentOS 4 (x86 and x86_64)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux / CentOS 5 (x86 and x86_64)
More may come later.
For complete list of changes in RPM sets, please refer to the changelogs
in the RPMs. Use
rpm -q -changelog package_name
for querying the changelog.
Since this release is not a major release, it will not requires a
dump/reload from the previous release. However, if you are upgrading
from very early releases, you may need to upgrade. Please see PostgreSQL
Release Notes to confirm procedures for this.
The SRPMs are also provided. Please note that we have different SRPMs
for all platforms.
We also have a howto document about RPM installation of PostgreSQL:
http://pgfoundry.org/docman/?group_id=1000048
There is another excellent howto:
http://www.westnet.com/~gsmith/gregsmith/content/postgresql/pgrpm.htm
Please follow the instructions before installing/upgrading.
Each RPM has been signed automagically, and each directory contains
CURRENT_MAINTAINER file which includes the name/email of the
package builder and link to PGDG RPM Building Project PGP key.
If you experience problems with the RPMs or if you have feature
requests, please join
pgsqlrpms-general ( at ) pgfoundry ( dot ) org
More info about the list is found at:
http://lists.pgfoundry.org/mailman/listinfo/pgsqlrpms-general
The project page is:
http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pgsqlrpms
Please do not use these resources for issue running or using PostgreSQL
once it is installed. Please download these files from:
http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/binary/v8.3.3/linux/
http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/binary/v8.2.9/linux/
http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/binary/v8.1.13/linux/
http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/binary/v8.0.17/linux/
http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/binary/v7.4.21/linux/
If you are looking more PostgreSQL related RPMs, please visit:
http://yum.pgsqlrpms.org
Regards,
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