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Re: PostgreSQL



On Fri, 10 Oct 1997, Oliver Elphick wrote:

> Mario Filipe wrote:
>   >	Actually we already have the thing compiled and running, we just would 
>       >like to have some information on how to create the package! After that w
>       >e would continue to support it since we are working with it and keep up 
>       >to date.
> 
> Have you compiled it for libc6?

	Actually...No! I didn't even know there was such a beast until
today (when I started getting the debian lists). 

> 
> I have still got problems with dates.  The latest version of libc6 (2.05) has
> cured a timezone problem, but there are still problems with intervals.
> 
> Does your compilation pass all the regression tests?

	Yes, except abstime and reltime (something to do with timezones
and epoch)! (But it doesn't matter does it ?) 

> 
>    ---
> 
> There will be a problem with handling the update of users from postgres95
> to postgresql, because the database must be dumped and reloaded.  There was
> discussion about this a couple of months back.  This was the last I heard from
> Siggy Bentrup who is the current maintainer (not Emanuele as listed in
> the postgres95 package).

	Exactly... The problem is that it has to be dumped by pg95,
reloaded through a previous version (pg 6.0 i think) redump it and then
reload it ... This is a major problem... But i'll check with th e people
at postgresql.

> 
> 
> -- 
> Oliver Elphick                                Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk
> Isle of Wight                                  http://lfix.co.uk/oliver
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> 

	Mario Filipe
	mjnf@neptuno.uevora.pt
	http://neptuno.uevora.pt


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