In the answering-my-own-question style:

I found that if I got the postgresql-devel-8.2.4-1PGDG.i386.rpm from http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/4/idpl/4556810/com/postgresql-devel-8.2.4-1PGDG.i386.rpm.html , used rpm to find out what its dependencies were, used yum to resolve each of the dependencies, and then installed that rpm with rpm, I got it working to the point that I was able to wade through the instructions at http://slony.info/documentation/firstdb.html .

I actually managed to replicate a table!

Thanks.

-----Original Message-----
From: slony1-general-bounces at lists.slony.info [mailto:slony1-general-bounces at lists.slony.info] On Behalf Of Walter Coole
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 10:51 AM
To: Stéphane Schildknecht
Cc: slony1-general at lists.slony.info
Subject: RE: [Slony1-general] RE: Newby Help

Thanks for the hint; I've gotten and unpacked slony1-1.2.10.tar.bz2, configure apparently needs pg_config, which is apparently part of the package postgresql-devel.

	yum install postgresql-devel 

throws the error:

	Error: Missing Dependency: libpq.so.5 is needed by package postgresql-server
	Error: Missing Dependency: postgresql = 8.2.4 is needed by package postgresql-server

I find this error confusing, since

	yum info postgresql

says:

	...
	Installed Packages
	Name   : postgresql
	Arch   : i686
	Version: 8.2.4
	...

It sounds like yum is saying "I have postgresql 8.2.4 installed, but I need to install postgresql 8.2.4 to resolve a dependency.", which doesn't make sense.

Have I misunderstood what is needed to install Slony on a Fedora 6 system running postgresql 8.2.4?

Are there more specific instructions on how to install for this system than the ones I'm following (http://slony.info/documentation/installation.html )?

Thanks!

-----Original Message-----
From: slony1-general-bounces at lists.slony.info [mailto:slony1-general-bounces at lists.slony.info] On Behalf Of Stéphane Schildknecht
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 11:17 PM
To: Walter Coole
Cc: slony1-general at lists.slony.info
Subject: Re: [Slony1-general] RE: Newby Help

Walter Coole a écrit :
>
> I haven’t found any binary RPMs newer than 
> postgresql-slony1-engine-1.2.2-1_PG8.2.0.i386.rpm, so it looks like my 
> best shot is to get the source rpm and compile myself.  What version 
> is most likely to work (cleanly) with postgresql-server-8.2.4?  Are 
> there any known major problems with 1.2.10?
>
>  
>
> *From:* Walter Coole
> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 09, 2007 6:40 PM
> *To:* 'slony1-general at lists.slony.info'
> *Subject:* Newby Help
>
>  
>
> Is there a simple guide for setting up a simple configuration: 1 
> master and 1 slave?
>
>  
>
> I’ve been attempting to follow
> http://slony.info/documentation/index.html, but it seems to assume a 
> level of knowledge I don’t have.
>
>  
>
> I think part of my difficulties is that 
> postgresql-slony1-engine-1.2.2-1_PG8.2.0.i386.rpm doesn’t work with 
> postgresql-server-8.2.4-1PGDG.i686.rpm .
>
> Is there a known-compatible set of rpms that I could start from?
>
>  
>
> Thanks.
>
>  
>

Hi,

May I suggest PG 8.2.5 and Slony 1.2.11 ?

If I remember what Devrim said a few weeks ago,

./configure
make rpm

works just fine.

What's more, I am using slony1.2.10 with PG8.2.3 and 8.2.4 and with the exception that I take care about what does not correctly work with "execute script", it just does what I want it to do. However, we plan to install slony 1.2.11 against PG825 asap.

Best regards,

--
Stéphane SCHILDKNECHT
Président de PostgreSQLFr
http://www.postgresqlfr.org

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