Re: Compilation of optional packages

On 06/10/10 15:24, Jutta Buschbom wrote:
> At our institute we decided to use PostGreSQL as our new server-based
> database system. The installation of PostGreSQL 9.0.0 on SLES 10 x64
> went fine.
>
> [snip]
>
> Thus, my question: using “./configure –help” quite a lot of optional
> packages are listed for language support (PL/xxx) and network
> access/authentication


If you're new to PostgreSQL and to database admin in general, I strongly
suggest sticking to the RPM packages published for your distribution.

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Craig Ringer

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