Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 02:04:56 -0600 From: "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com> To: Rishi Chopra <rchopra@cal.berkeley.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A jail? Message-ID: <200401090204.57087.algould@datawok.com> In-Reply-To: <3FFE5293.6010305@cal.berkeley.edu> References: <3FFDF242.1090005@cal.berkeley.edu> <200401082230.15918.algould@datawok.com> <3FFE5293.6010305@cal.berkeley.edu>
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On Friday 09 January 2004 01:04 am, Rishi Chopra wrote: > Andrew, > > Thanks for the good info. Worth noting is that the postgres does > require shared libraries (e.g. libintl.so.4) that may or may not be > installed by other ports (supposedly updating gmake should install all > required libraries.) As with any other port, missing dependencies will be installed by default. Have fun, Andrew Gould > > -R > > Andrew L. Gould wrote: > >Okay, so to wrap up the PostgreSQL issue: > > > >1. PostgreSQL does not require Linux compatibility or a jail. > >2. You can install PostgreSQL natively at /usr/ports/databases. > > Currently, 3 versions are available in the ports: > > > >postgresql7 - version 7.4 > >postgresql73 - version 7.3.5 > >postgresql72 - version 7.2.4 > > > >All 3 versions are considered stable. If you're performing an initial > >installation of PostgreSQL, use version 7.4. The earlier versions are > >available for people with existing databases and reasons not to upgrade. > >Most of these reasons relate to compatibility issues with applications > > that must be modified to deal with feature changes in 7.3 and 7.4. > > > >Best of luck, > > > >Andrew Gould > > > >On Thursday 08 January 2004 08:34 pm, Rishi Chopra wrote: > >>I was installing linux_base; it seems to be required, since I was > >>getting an error about libintl.so.4 - then again, I also updated gmake > >>via 'portupgrade -r gmake', so that may have solved the problem. > >> > >>Sorry about the misleading context =) > >> > >>BSD wrote: > >>>On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 06:07:35PM -0800, Rishi Chopra wrote: > >>>>Simply trying to install postgresql - the message I included is what > >>>> the system prints out when installing from the ports collection. > >>>> > >>>>Andrew L. Gould wrote: > >>> > >>>Er, what directory were you in when you did the make install? The only > >>>port that produces the message below is ports/emulators/linux_base, > >>>which is definately not a dependency of postgresql, nor of any of its > >>>dependents. > >>> > >>>>>On Thursday 08 January 2004 06:13 pm, Rishi Chopra wrote: > >>>>>>While installing postgres I get the following: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>You need to create the null device in your jailed Linux environment. > >>>>>>Run this > >>>>>>outside the jail, then press enter: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>mkdir -m 0755 -p <Jail root dir>/dev > >>>>>>rm -f <Jail root dir>//compat/linux/dev/null > >>>>>>mknod <Jail root dir>//compat/linux/dev/null c 2 2 > >>>>>>chmod 666 <Jail root dir>//compat/linux/dev/null > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Do I HAVE to make a jail? I was just going to run the postgresql port > >>>>>>on my FreeBSD box, sans-condom. The box only has one user and there > >>>>>>are no security concerns to speak of. > >>>>>> > >>>>>>-R > >>>>> > >>>>>PostgreSQL is available via the FreeBSD ports system. It does not > >>>>>require a jail or linux emulation. > >>>>> > >>>>>What are you trying to do? > >>>>> > >>>>>Andrew Gould > >>>> > >>>>_______________________________________________ > >>>>freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >>>>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >>>>To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >>>>"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >>"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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