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On 21-08-2008 14:12:54 +0200, rabbe@×××××××.se wrote: |
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> Does anyone know, would it be practical to run an SQL server of some |
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> variety in Prefix Portage? It would be for prototyping only. |
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> Let me state at once that I have little experience with databases. I did |
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> run mysql on native Gentoo for some time though, with no problems. |
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> I see that there are things like postgresql and sqlite in the prefix tree. |
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> Did anyone try them out? |
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> And what is the difference between the postgresql-server and postgresql |
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> packages? Different packagings of the same server? (I see now that there |
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> is a Gentoo guide and it says `emerge postgresql' very early on..) |
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I used to have postgresql installed in my Prefix and run it. It's |
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slighlty less convenient since you can't use the init.d scripts (yet), |
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but the database itself is designed not to require anything like root or |
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something. |
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Fabian Groffen |
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Gentoo on a different level |
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