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From: Hilco Wijbenga <hilco.wijbenga@×××××.com>
To: Gentoo User <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-user] PostgreSQL: dev-db/postgresql, dev-db/postgresql-server, or virtual/postgresql-server?
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:45:38
Message-Id: e95b15950812211345q30a51442rf49ac74de0925b14@mail.gmail.com
1 I want to install PostgreSQL but I'm wondering which package to use.
2 The obvious choice (dev-db/postgresql) installs 8.2.7 but
3 dev-db/postgresql-server installs 8.3.5. (I see they even use the same
4 tarball.) Is postgresql-server is the proper way going forward?
5
6 What about virtual/postgresql-server? Should I prefer that over
7 dev-db/postgresql-server?
8
9 Why do we even have a virtual? I thought they were for adding a
10 service if you don't care which specific package supplies it.
11
12 Cheers,
13 Hilco

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