Re: From a real novice
От | Rod Kreisler |
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Тема | Re: From a real novice |
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Msg-id | 5.2.0.9.0.20030324140659.01b57be0@127.0.0.1 обсуждение исходный текст |
Ответ на | Re: From a real novice ("Tamir Halperin" <tamir@brobus.net>) |
Список | pgsql-novice |
At 02:04 PM 3/24/2003 -0500, Tamir Halperin wrote: >Thanks for the insite, Rod. NP. > > > > Tamir, when installed via ports, a startup script that needs minimal > > editing will be placed in /usr/local/etc/rc.d > >My problem is that I can't get postgresql to install via the ports because >it wants openssl to be installed. However, I succesfully installed openssl >so I don't know where to go from here. It's not like I'm going to find a >chapter in the handbook that describes what to do when an installation >fails due to a dependancy on another package that is fully installed. How did you install openSSL? The port system tracks dependencies and should've installed openSSL for you. > > > > 3. I assume I can ensure I have the most recent > > installation support by > > > > doing a cvsup but I really only want to get my hands on > > the most recent > > > > pgsql for FreeBSD. How is this possible? > > > > > >If you are a newbie, you should not be messing with > > Postgres-CVS. Stick to a > > >stable version instead, which is downloadable from the > > Postgres web site. > > > > Josh, FreeBSD cvsup has nothing to do with CVS software. It > > has to do > > with upgrading the OS and/or applications. The name is misleading. > >The issue of upgrading the system came up when someone suggested that I >don't have crypto installed and that I shouldn't try to mess with 4.6 any >longer but rather just upgrade to 4.7 or 4.8 (as of today, I believe). > >Then came the issue of how to do that. I have read page after page of >information on how to upgrade and there's just nothing out there that I >can make enough sense of. > >Some people learn a lot better by example rather than by formula. I'm one >of them. But it appears the entire UNIX community started out with people >who's brains not only understood formulas easily but even liked to build >systems and document them in heavily formulaic fashions. My challenge. > >So this is why I thought it would be useful to submit such questions to >the novice list. What I'm really looking for, I suppose, is someone who's >willing to spend some time communicating things by example. Unfortunately, >I have no budget for a high priced consultant at this point. An equity >partner in a very lucrative project yes! But not a payed consultant. I shouldn't imagine it would take too long for a skilled person to take care of this for you -- a day at most, and could be done remotely if you were available to be with the server at critical times. What other apps do you have installed? > > Tamir, You can write a supfile that will only upgrade certain ports. > >Really? I thought you can only fine tune it down to the ports category >level of granularity. True, that's what I meant. But I don't see why it's an issue. CVSUP on databases should only take a few minutes even on a slow dial-up -- depending on how long it's been since you've CVSUP'd
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