Re: CentOS 4 RPMs for 8.2.4?

Steve Wampler wrote:
>
> I'd like to update from 8.1.9 to 8.2.4 to take advantage of
> the multiple value INSERT but don't see at least two of the
> RPMs for 8.2.4 that I need.
 >...
> I need the Java and Python interfaces supplied with
> (from 8.1.9):
>
>   postgresql-jdbc-8.1.4-1.centos.1
>   postgresql-python-8.1.9-1.el4s1.1
>
> Can I just continue to use those with the above 8.2.4
> RPMs?  What about the odbc support, which would be useful,
> but not as critical?

To answer my own question:  both of the above two RPMs work fine
with 8.2.4.  Dunno about obdc, but imagine it would also work.

> While I'm at it, I also need libpqxx working for C++.  The last
> set of RPMs I've found are really for PG7, but they seem
> to work alright with PG 8.1.x (after some trickery to get them
> to install with and use libpq.so.4 instead of libpq.so.3).
>
> Does anyone know if this version:
>
>   libpqxx-devel-2.6.9-1.el4.rf
>   libpqxx-2.6.9-1.el4.rf
>
> will work with 8.2.4?

Yes, provided you symlink /usr/lib/libpq.so.4 as /usr/lib/libpq.so.3.
(Might work by symlinking /usr/lib/libpq.so.5 as /usr/lib/libpq.so.3, but
I haven't tried that.)
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