Re: RHEL

Just a question... Are there any reasons not to just take the source and
compile it under RHEL 3.0? Or am I missing something?
(We are about to install 3.0, so I would really like to know..)

BTJ

On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 16:08, Tom Lane wrote:
> Lamar Owen <lowen(at)pari(dot)edu> writes:
> > The RHEL3 beta (taroon) had rh-postgresql-server built and included. Does
> > RHEL3 not include this package?
>
> I have not actually installed RHEL3 to check, but my understanding is
> that it's not there. There was a last-minute decision taken to pull
> PG and MySQL from the base distribution with the intent of packaging
> them as a separate "layered product". Latest word is that that plan
> is off again, leaving us (RH) with no open-source database support
> and lots of egg on our faces. So yeah, I'm a bit annoyed. I suppose
> some RHEL3 packages will emerge from the mess eventually, but I don't
> know exactly how or when.
>
> I think it's important for the powers-that-be to realize that they are
> not messing around with unimportant software that no one uses. Thus
> my encouragement to people to send in complaints.
>
> regards, tom lane
>
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