On 07/29/2016 01:17 PM, D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Jul 2016 15:09:59 -0500
> Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> wrote:
>>>> version to the bare version of the binary name. Example:
>>>> - psql.8.3
>>>> - psql.9.1
>>>> - psql.9.3
>>>> - psql ==> psql.9.3
>>>>
>>>> Other than linking to the correct library can you think of any
>>>> other issues with this?
>>>
>>> Data Directory naming, as well as keeping the init-scripts straight.
>>>
>> And who gets 5432, and Unix socket naming, it starts to get messy.....
>
> I assume that anyone running multiple versions knows how to specify all
> that stuff when initializing and starting the different servers.
>
> From the comments I saw it looked to me like other systems (Linux?) had
> already solved this problem. Was I wrong?
>
No:
https://wiki.debian.org/PostgreSql
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Adrian Klaver
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