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<DIV><SPAN class=921152709-25012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hi
Michael,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=921152709-25012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Yes it
is possible. In my setup here I create individual users for each version of
PostgreSQL, e.g. pg74, pg80 and compile the source as each user using a
configure prefix similar to --prefix=/home/pg74/rel so that each release is kept
in it's own directory. I then add the ~/rel/bin and ~/rel/lib directories to the
PATH for that particular user. For each user I can then just use su, for example
for PG 7.4 I can do "su - pg74" and then initdb a fresh database cluster. Once
this is completed it is simply a matter of changing each postgresql.conf so that
each version of PG listens on a different port number and then starting the
postgresql server using pg_ctl as normal.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=921152709-25012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hope
this helps,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>Mark.</FONT></SPAN></DIV><!-- Converted from text/plain format -->
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face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
postgis-users-bounces@postgis.refractions.net
[mailto:postgis-users-bounces@postgis.refractions.net] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>michael.vanderhoydonk@gim.be<BR><B>Sent:</B> 24 January 2005
21:15<BR><B>To:</B> postgis-users@postgis.refractions.net<BR><B>Subject:</B>
[postgis-users] PostgreSQL 7.3.x and 7.2.x<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT
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face="Default Sans Serif, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hello,<BR><BR>We
have a PostgreSQL 7.3.4 - PostGIS 0.8.2 - GEOS 1.0 database installed on a
linux machine.<BR>I just wonder: is it possible to install Postgres/PostGIS
version 7.2.x on the same machine?<BR><BR>Thank you,<BR><BR>Michael
Vanderhoydonk<BR></FONT><FONT
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