PostgreSQL portfile outdated

[Jyrki Wahlstedt]

On 30.8.2007, at 5.42, David Zentgraf wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> The portfile for PostgreSQL seems to be outdated. Independently of  
> the fact that MacPorts doesn't offer the 8.x branch of Pg, the 7.x  
> install sources referenced in the portfile have been moved to a  
> different URL. They are now available at ftp://ftp- 
> archives.postgresql.org. As a result the port doesn't build/ 
> download successfully.
> How does one go about fixing this? I have used MacPorts a lot, but  
> this is the first time I came across a defective portfile.
>
> Cheers,
> Dav

Yes,
sorry for the inconvenience, but if you look deeper, you see that all  
ports with the version number attached, build fine. The reason for  
this is the format incompatibility between different versions, e.g.  
the format of 8.1 database is different from 8.0 &c. The latest port  
is postgresql82 (with two additional ports, ~-doc for documentation  
and ~-server for startupitems).
The port postgresql is still there, but it is not maintained (if you  
look port info, it says nomaintainer). It will probably be removed in  
the future.
PS You can use port search feature to find similar ports, e.g. 'port  
search name:postgresql' gives you a list of all ports containing  
postgresql.

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