From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 26 20:15:07 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36EFA16A400 for ; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 20:15:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@redry.net) Received: from luke.segpub.com.au (luke.segpub.com.au [64.49.254.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C84F43D46 for ; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 20:15:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@redry.net) Received: (qmail 84845 invoked by uid 89); 27 Apr 2006 06:15:00 +1000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.35?) (eoghan@redry.net@194.125.39.57) by 0 with SMTP; 27 Apr 2006 06:15:00 +1000 Message-ID: <444FD4BD.5030008@redry.net> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 21:14:53 +0100 From: eoghan User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (Macintosh/20060308) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Greg Barniskis References: <444FCF75.90108@redry.net> <444FD311.5030401@scls.lib.wi.us> In-Reply-To: <444FD311.5030401@scls.lib.wi.us> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: postgres X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 20:15:07 -0000 Greg Barniskis wrote: > eoghan wrote: >> Hi >> I am installing postgres81-server from ports, but it gives me an error. >> It requires postgres81-client but I have postgres74-client installed. >> I have not installed this port, so is there something that uses this? >> I cannot find any pgsql script. Would it be safe to remove 74-client >> and install the latest version? > > Short answer: probably safe, yes. > > Longer answer: Have a poke at > > # pkg_info -R postgres74-client > (or however that client package is actually named) > > This will tell you what other port(s) you have installed that presumably > need/want you to have the 7.4 client installed, and thus what might be > broken by your forcing an upgrade of it. Then you can decide if it's > worth the risk, what to test after, what contingency plans and backups > to make, etc. > Thanks guys: Required by: kde-3.5.1 koffice-1.4.2_3,1 php5-extensions-1.0 php5-pgsql-5.1.2_1 postgresql-libpqxx-2.5.5 I wanted to use it with php5, so i guess forcing an uninstall would bork my php5 support? Since the server port installs the pgsql script (i assume???) i should probably just go with the older version? Thanks again Eoghan