7.0beta1-0.2 testing RPMS are now available.

Testing RPMs for the 7.0beta1 release are now available on
ftp.postgresql.org.  Please note that these RPMS are BETA -- the
packaging is still rough in spots.  It would not be a good idea to try
to upgrade a production system from the stable 6.5.3-3 RPM set to this
set -- please use a development system to test with.  The following are
known to be things that need fixing that are packaging related:

1.)    Alpha patches are needed -- Ryan K or Uncle George?
2.)    Better logging support -- the current logging frankly stinks.
3.)    Smoother upgrade from previous releases -- the only major change is
the location of PGDATA, which is now /var/lib/pgsql/data, from
/var/lib/pgsql -- you will need to move the data over manually.
4.)    Currently I am not using pg_ctl -- this will be implemented in a
future beta RPM.
5.)    This release is lacking pl/perl due to my Linux system not building
plperl.so -- I am looking into it, but I didn't want to delay the first
preliminary release, as I want people to bang hard on these RPMS.
6.)    Logrotate functionality is implemented, but at high cost -- each
time the log is rolled, postmaster has to be restarted.  If you do not
want log rolling, remove /etc/logrotate.d/postgres.
7.)    Logging is done to /var/log/postgresql -- however, for whatever
reason postmaster still spouts debugging messages to the tty -- even
after a 2>&1 redirect.  Logging is not at this time timestamped -- but
it will be as I get feedback about the logging.

If you notice something I left out, let me know.  Above all read
/usr/doc/postgresql-7.0beta1/README.rpm -- there is more documentation
there about what I know is broken in this very preliminary RPM, and
other changes.

RPMs are located at ftp.postgresql.org/pub/bindist/RPM/beta

Binaries have only been generated for RedHat 6.1/Intel -- I will be
building RedHat 5.2/Intel RPM's sometime later this week.

If you wish to rebuild from the source RPM, you need a RedHat 6.1 system
with C development, C++ development, X development, Perl, Tcl/Tk, and
python-devel installed.

On a minor note, there is one additional package -- postgresql-tk, which
contains the tk client and pgaccess, which was removed from the
postgresql-tcl package due to some people running X-less servers that
wanted to use the tcl client and pltcl.

Regression passes on these binaries under RedHat 6.1.

Let me know of any problems you find by either e-mailing me direct or by
e-mailing pgsql-ports@postgresql.org.

TIA

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Lamar Owen
WGCR Internet Radio
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