In light of the recent inquiry about postgresql RPMs, it might make
sense to have on our web page some references to packaged up versions
(or other means of easily installing postgresql) for specific
operating systems.  As an effort to start that, here are some relevant
URLs pointing to the NetBSD package system for postgresql (and some
more general ones).  Note that even though the package page is
retrievable via ftp it is a browsable page.

	 NetBSD PostgreSQL package	ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/pkgsrc/databases/postgresql/README.html
	 NetBSD home page		http://www.netbsd.org
	 NetBSD packages information	http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/software/packages.html

Perhaps a page that went something like the following would be useful.
It could be filled in with relevant entries as we become aware of
them, and might point people to relatively easy installation pathways
if they need it.

Cheers,
Brook

===========================================================================
Several packages for PostgreSQL have been created to ease the process
of installing the system under specific operating systems.  See the
following documents for more information.

Operating system	Package name
----------------        ------------
NetBSD <ref URL>	databases/postgresql <ref URL>
...



Wed, 13 Jan 1999 10:51:38 -0700 (MST)
Brook Milligan <brook@trillium.NMSU.Edu>
references to packaged versions of PostgreSQL
Brook Milligan <brook@trillium.NMSU.Edu> writes:

> In light of the recent inquiry about postgresql RPMs, it might make
> sense to have on our web page some references to packaged up versions
> (or other means of easily installing postgresql) for specific
> operating systems.  As an effort to start that, here are some relevant
...
> Perhaps a page that went something like the following would be useful.
...

Looks great! I'll have a go at it tonight.
Objections, comments, anyone?
---
Hal / hal@enteract.com / webmaster@postgresql.org

13 Jan 1999 12:02:48 -0600
Hal Snyder <hal@enteract.com>
Re: [HACKERS] references to packaged versions of PostgreSQL
Brook Milligan wrote:
  >In light of the recent inquiry about postgresql RPMs, it might make
  >sense to have on our web page some references to packaged up versions
  >(or other means of easily installing postgresql) for specific
  >operating systems.

PostgreSQL for Debian GNU/Linux:

Web page  - http://www.debian.org
FTP       - ftp://ftp.debian.org and mirrors worldwide


The PostgreSQL source package (postgresql) produces several binary
packages:

   Section         Package name           [comments]
   -------         ------------           ----------
   misc            postgresql
   libs            libpgsql               [libpq.so.1]
   libs            libpgsql2              [libpq.so.2]
   libs            libpgtcl
   libs            libpgperl
   libs            ecpg
   libs            libpgjava              [not available yet for 6.4.2]
   devel           postgresql-dev
   doc             postgresql-doc

  [the following packages are only in Debian's unstable release]
   libs            postgresql-pl
   libs            python-postgresql      [does not exist yet]
   misc            postgresql-contrib
   misc            postgresql-test

The current Debian stable release (hamm) contains release 6.3.2 of
PostgreSQL, as will the currently frozen next release (slink); the
unstable release (potato) contains 6.4.2.

Releases are found in the dists/ directory in the ftp archive.


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Wed, 13 Jan 1999 21:09:27 +0000
"Oliver Elphick" <olly@lfix.co.uk>
Re: [HACKERS] references to packaged versions of PostgreSQL 