Re: Postgres 8.2 install on solaris 10

On 06.02-12:40, Bhella Paramjeet-PFCW67 wrote:
> [ ... ]
> > We are considering having postgres 8.2 on solaris 10 machine for our
> > production environment. While reading through sun docs, it looks like
> > the solaris 10 update 6 onwards comes with the postgres 8.2 installed
> > under /usr/postgres/8.2 . My question is can we have postgres binaries
>
> > under a different location like /usr/local/a01 ( shared home ). I know
>
> > I can install from source and can have postgres binaries where ever I
> > want but here we have to use sun compiled postgres binaries in order
> > to get support. So is there an option during solaris install to have
> > postgres installed in a different location. Any help will be highly
> > appreciated.
>
> short answer is no but you shouldn't need to move the binaries and
> libraries in order to move the database.  if you explain why that's a
> requirement i'll put some more thought into it (creating a zone in that
> location springs to mind but it's not exactly the same thing).
[ ... ]
> We wanted to have the postgres binaries in shared home. One of the main
> requirement for sun cluster is to have the binaries in shared home.

hmmm.  that's a pain.  i would create a zone and leave it inactive.
if that was undesired i'd probably get the pre-comiled binaries from
sunfreeware and link /usr/local to my shared home.  but, to be honest
i feel that building from source is by far the best option.

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