Re: Upgrading side by side in Gentoo

On Wed, 12 Nov 2008, Andrus wrote:

> How to install latest version in gentoo side-by side so that old version is
> not touched?

You need to get one of the experimental builds that include slotted
support.  Take a look at
http://overlays.gentoo.org/proj/postgresql/wiki/ExperimentalFAQ and the
page linked to by the blog article you mentioned at
http://dev-zero.ch/blog/archives/6-PostgreSQL-Status.html

This looks like it's still in the early stages of release, so you might
have to get some suggestions from the Gentoo package maintainers if you
run into problems.  The fact that this problem has been lingering around
for over four years (http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42894) and
it's not completely cleaned up gives you an idea how well the PostgreSQL
packages are (not) maintained on Gentoo.  You really should consider just
installing your own PostgreSQL from source rather than fooling with the
official pacakges.  I would wager it will take you less time to figure out
how to do that than to fight these experimental packages into submission.

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