Re: Redhat 4.0

> ------- Original Message -------
> From: Devrim GÜNDÜZ <devrim(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
> To: Dave Page <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org>
> Sent: 19/08/07, 11:40:34
> Subject: Re: [pgadmin-support] Redhat 4.0
>
> Hi,
>
> On Sat, 2007-08-18 at 08:44 +0100, Dave Page wrote:
> > > Which version should I try to get installed?
> >
> > I'd have said that one. What errors did you get? Devrim, should the FC
> > RPMs work on RHEL?
>
> No.

OK.

> I (at last) built and uploaded RHEL 4 RPMs. They are on developer site;
> will sync to main FTP site soon. I could not test the RPMS (it can be
> installed though). I'll be happy if someone downloads them and install.

Thanks Devrim.

> I applied two small patches to pgadmin3 source code to build on RHEL 4.
> pgadmin3 requires libxml2 >= 2.6.18 to build -- but RHEL has 2.6.16. I
> patched acinclude.m4 and configure so that it looks for 2.6.16 ;)

Err, that check was added on purpose - part of libxml2 < 2.6.18 is broken. I added the code to acinclude.m4 to ensure we would only link with a library that works.

Is RHEL really that far behind? 2.6.18 has been around for ages.

/D

Hi,

On Sun, 2007-08-19 at 22:00 +0100, Dave Page wrote:

> Err, that check was added on purpose - part of libxml2 < 2.6.18 is
> broken. I added the code to acinclude.m4 to ensure we would only link
> with a library that works.

Hrm.

> Is RHEL really that far behind? 2.6.18 has been around for ages.

RHEL 4 was released 2,5 years ago. OTOH, libxml2's patchlevel is 10 --
which may mean that it already *may* include a patch that fixes the
broken parts of 2.6.16.

I will find a RHEL 4 tomorrow and test the RPM-- and will keep you
up2date about this.

Regards,
--
Devrim GÜNDÜZ
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Devrim GÜNDÜZ wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sun, 2007-08-19 at 22:00 +0100, Dave Page wrote:
>
>> Err, that check was added on purpose - part of libxml2 < 2.6.18 is
>> broken. I added the code to acinclude.m4 to ensure we would only link
>> with a library that works.
>
> Hrm.
>
>> Is RHEL really that far behind? 2.6.18 has been around for ages.
>
> RHEL 4 was released 2,5 years ago. OTOH, libxml2's patchlevel is 10 --
> which may mean that it already *may* include a patch that fixes the
> broken parts of 2.6.16.
>
> I will find a RHEL 4 tomorrow and test the RPM-- and will keep you
> up2date about this.

Thanks - the easiest way to test is to save a 'Favourite' in the query
tool, then restart pgAdmin and see if it's still there and works as
expected.

On the plus-side, the older libxml won't cause a crash, it just stops
the favourites working (and probably Macros in 1.8).

Regards, Dave

Hi,

On Mon, 2007-08-20 at 08:51 +0100, Dave Page wrote:
> Thanks - the easiest way to test is to save a 'Favourite' in the query
> tool, then restart pgAdmin and see if it's still there and works as
> expected.

:-( The item I added disappeared in Favourites menu after I restarted
pgadmin3.

> On the plus-side, the older libxml won't cause a crash, it just stops
> the favourites working (and probably Macros in 1.8).

Ok, I'm for releasing the RPM for RHEL 4 (it has been asked lots of
times before) and adding a note in that directory which mentions about
these problems.

Thoughts?

Regards,
--
Devrim GÜNDÜZ
PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support
Managed Services, Shared and Dedicated Hosting
Co-Authors: plPHP, ODBCng - http://www.commandprompt.com/

Devrim GÜNDÜZ wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, 2007-08-20 at 08:51 +0100, Dave Page wrote:
>> Thanks - the easiest way to test is to save a 'Favourite' in the query
>> tool, then restart pgAdmin and see if it's still there and works as
>> expected.
>
> :-( The item I added disappeared in Favourites menu after I restarted
> pgadmin3.
>
>> On the plus-side, the older libxml won't cause a crash, it just stops
>> the favourites working (and probably Macros in 1.8).
>
> Ok, I'm for releasing the RPM for RHEL 4 (it has been asked lots of
> times before) and adding a note in that directory which mentions about
> these problems.
>
> Thoughts?

If there's no libxml2 update for RHEL4, then that seems like the best we
can do. It's an important platform that we shouldn't ignore.

Thanks, Dave

Hi,

On Mon, 2007-08-20 at 09:30 +0100, Dave Page wrote:
> > Ok, I'm for releasing the RPM for RHEL 4 (it has been asked lots of
> > times before) and adding a note in that directory which mentions
> > about these problems.
> >
> > Thoughts?
>
> If there's no libxml2 update for RHEL4, then that seems like the best
> we can do.

As I wrote, the latest version for RHEL 4 Update 5 is 2.6.16-10.

> It's an important platform that we shouldn't ignore.

Agreed.

I just built and uploaded RHEL 4 - 64 bit RPMs. Will write a
KNOWN_PROBLEMS file and update FTP site soon.

Regards,
--
Devrim GÜNDÜZ
PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support
Managed Services, Shared and Dedicated Hosting
Co-Authors: plPHP, ODBCng - http://www.commandprompt.com/