Re: v7.2b3 packaged, but not announced beyond here yet ...

On Thursday 22 November 2001 12:57 pm, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> As usual, I want to give it ~24hrs to perculate through the mirrors before
> doing a larger announce, but if anyone would like to take a quick test
> through and make sure the packaging isn't missing anything, the tar files
> are avaialble at:

>     ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/beta

> Let us know if there are any problems and we'll re-package as appropriate

[back on-list]

After much help from Marc, and a good tarball (apparently), we have RPMs.  
Regression does the expected thing on RedHat 7.2 (locale settings prevent a 
complete PASS -- the diffs are attached for those who are curious).

RPMs for testing are at 
ftp.postgresql.org/pub/binary/beta/RPMS/{SRPMS|redhat-7.2}

Many thanks to Marc and PeterE for the man pages and the html docs being 
built again, and a special thank you to Peter for the initial patchset that 
allowed a smooth build relatively quickly.  Oh, and Marc, the man pages and 
the html docs ARE being built properly for the RPMset's consumption.

Please test this RPMset if you do RPM work, but also consider them BETA.  
That of course means that 'rpm -Fvh' on your production server is not 
recommended.

Be sure, if upgrading, to dump out your whole database system first, as the 
migration tools are a little finicky.  This is, after all, a major version 
upgrade.

I'll make a more public announcement after Marc makes a more public 7.2b3 
announcement.

Developers who are a member of group 'pgsql' on cvs.postgresql.org and who 
want to build RPMsets for other distributions/architectures, feel free to do 
so and upload into that tree, setting up your own subdir.  Group write is and 
should be set appropriately. Yes, Thomas, that means you and Mandrake 
whichever you're running. :-)

Others who wish to build RPMs for non-redhat-7.2 architectures, contact me 
off-list with locations and details.

Note that due to the possibility of third-party Trojan RPMsets, those who can 
rebuild from the src rpm should do so for testing.  Signed binary RPMs for 
distributions will likely be generated by those distributors once we have a 
final release.  I will also likely sign a final RPM release, with my public 
key being available on the ftp site.

Enjoy! (If I sound cheery, well, there's some sort of chemical in turkey meat 
that, if consumed in a large enough quantity, makes you very cheerful -- 
almost jolly. :-)).

And, as today is Thanksgiving in the 'States, I'll just add to this 
announcement my THANK YOU to all the developers, contributors, testers, and 
users of this magnificent RDBMS we call PostgreSQL.
-- 
Lamar Owen
WGCR Internet Radio
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