Normally I just set up a specially designated user and set all of his
environment variable accordingly.
I don't use the Perl interface or any interface that requires compiling as
root.
I can see those being a real problem without libpq versioning.
	-DEJ

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	The Hermit Hacker [SMTP:scrappy@hub.org]
> Sent:	Tuesday, June 29, 1999 3:55 PM
> To:	pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org
> Subject:	[HACKERS] changing major/minor on libpq for releases ...
> 
> 
> Just curious, but how do ppl handle running two different versions on the
> same machine?  I want to start up a v6.5 server where v6.4.2 server
> already exists...
> 
> I'm wondering if it might make sense to up the libpq on a release, so that
> this can work?
> 
> Marc G. Fournier                   ICQ#7615664               IRC Nick:
> Scrappy
> Systems Administrator @ hub.org 
> primary: scrappy@hub.org           secondary:
> scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org 
> 

Tue, 29 Jun 1999 16:32:26 -0500
"Jackson, DeJuan" <djackson@cpsgroup.com>
RE: [HACKERS] changing major/minor on libpq for releases ...
On Tue, 29 Jun 1999, Jackson, DeJuan wrote:

> Normally I just set up a specially designated user and set all of his
> environment variable accordingly.
> I don't use the Perl interface or any interface that requires compiling as
> root.
> I can see those being a real problem without libpq versioning.

That's the problem taht I have...all my stuff is in perl, but I only want
to move things over one by one...

Oh well, bite the bullet and move them all, ig uess :)

> 	-DEJ
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	The Hermit Hacker [SMTP:scrappy@hub.org]
> > Sent:	Tuesday, June 29, 1999 3:55 PM
> > To:	pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org
> > Subject:	[HACKERS] changing major/minor on libpq for releases ...
> > 
> > 
> > Just curious, but how do ppl handle running two different versions on the
> > same machine?  I want to start up a v6.5 server where v6.4.2 server
> > already exists...
> > 
> > I'm wondering if it might make sense to up the libpq on a release, so that
> > this can work?
> > 
> > Marc G. Fournier                   ICQ#7615664               IRC Nick:
> > Scrappy
> > Systems Administrator @ hub.org 
> > primary: scrappy@hub.org           secondary:
> > scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org 
> > 
> 

Marc G. Fournier                   ICQ#7615664               IRC Nick: Scrappy
Systems Administrator @ hub.org 
primary: scrappy@hub.org           secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org 


Tue, 29 Jun 1999 20:59:04 -0300 (ADT)
The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>
RE: [HACKERS] changing major/minor on libpq for releases ...