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Re: [Gnumed-devel] Postgres: which one (or many) under Debian, to instal
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Karsten Hilbert |
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Re: [Gnumed-devel] Postgres: which one (or many) under Debian, to install or upgrade |
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Tue, 6 Dec 2005 12:41:00 +0100 |
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On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 12:50:35AM -0800, Jim Busser wrote:
> Under Debian Sarge, the command
>
> apt-cache policy postgresql
>
> gives me
>
> postgresql:
> Installed: 7.4.5-3
> Candidate: 7.4.7-6sarge1
> Version Table:
> 7.4.7-6sarge1 0
> 500 http://debian.savoirfairelinux.net sarge/main Packages
> *** 7.4.5-3 0
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
> So:
>
> 1. if I run apt-get update, will 7.4.7-6sarge1 replace my existing
> postgres,
yes
> and can I do that regardless of whether GNUmed has been
> loaded, and the gnumed bootstrap done
yes
For one thing going from 7.x.y to 7.x.z is supposed not to
require a dump/restore cycle by the PostgreSQL folks
already. And if it DID require that for some obscure reason
there would be a BIG FAT WARNING prior to any damage being
done by the folks on the *Debian* side, too. So, two
safeguards.
> 2. running apt-cache pkgnames postgres gave the following, additional
> available packages.
> I know I don't need all of them, but are any required or recommended
> if I aim to run GNUmed on my server?
> postgresql-autodoc
only if you want to *create* docs as we do in the wiki
> postgresql-client
yes
> postgresql-contrib
yes
> postgresql-doc
well, useful
Karsten
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