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Log Message: ----------- Fix some typos, add doc about RPM installations and fix some formatting. Modified Files: -------------- slony1-engine/doc/adminguide: prerequisites.sgml (r1.20 -> r1.21) intro.sgml (r1.18 -> r1.19) installation.sgml (r1.14 -> r1.15) -------------- next part -------------- Index: installation.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/slony1/slony1-engine/doc/adminguide/installation.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.14 retrieving revision 1.15 diff -Ldoc/adminguide/installation.sgml -Ldoc/adminguide/installation.sgml -u -w -r1.14 -r1.15 --- doc/adminguide/installation.sgml +++ doc/adminguide/installation.sgml @@ -129,6 +129,39 @@ Commonly you need to do this either as root or as the postgres user. </para> </sect2> + +<sect2> +<title> Installing &slony1; from RPMs</title> + +<para> Even though &slony1; can be compiled and run on most Linux +distributions, it is also possible to install &slony1; using binary +packages. Slony Global Development Team provides official RPMs and SRPMs +for many versions or Red Hat ana Fedora Core.</para> + +<para>The RPMs are available at +http://developer.PostgreSQL.org/~devrim/slony . Please read <command> +CURRENT_MAINTAINER</command> file for the details of the RPMs. +Please note that the RPMs will look for RPM installation of +PostgreSQL, so if you install PosgtgreSQL from source, you should +manually ignore the RPM dependencies related to PostgreSQL.</para> + +<para>Installing &slony1; using these RPMs is as easy as +installing any RPM.</para> + +<screen>rpm -ivh postgresql-slony1-engine-....rpm</screen> + +<para>If you want to upgrade the previous version, just use +<command>rpm -Uvh</command> to upgrade it. But please remember to follow +the usual upgrade procedure, too.</para> + +<para>The RPM installs the files into their usual places. The +configuration files are installed under /etc, the binary files are +installed to /usr/bin, libs are installed to /usr/lib/pgsql, and finally +the docs are installed under +/usr/share/doc/postgresql-slony1-engine.</para> + +</sect2> + </sect1> <!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file Index: intro.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/slony1/slony1-engine/doc/adminguide/intro.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.18 retrieving revision 1.19 diff -Ldoc/adminguide/intro.sgml -Ldoc/adminguide/intro.sgml -u -w -r1.18 -r1.19 --- doc/adminguide/intro.sgml +++ doc/adminguide/intro.sgml @@ -29,15 +29,15 @@ <itemizedlist> <listitem><para> Sites where connectivity is really <quote>flakey</quote> </para></listitem> -<listitem><para> Replication to nodes that are unpredictably connected.</para> +<listitem><para> Replication to nodes that are unpredictably connected.</para></listitem> -<para> Replicating a pricing database from a central server to sales +<listitem><para> Replicating a pricing database from a central server to sales staff who connect periodically to grab updates. </para></listitem> <listitem><para> Sites where configuration changes are made in a -haphazard way.</para> +haphazard way.</para></listitem> -<para> A <quote>web hosting</quote> situation where customers can +<listitem><para> A <quote>web hosting</quote> situation where customers can independently make arbitrary changes to database schemas is not a good candidate for &slony1; usage. </para></listitem> @@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ linkend="ddlchanges"> caveats.</link></para> <para>If you have those sorts of requirements, it may be worth -exploring the use of &postgres; 8.0 <acronym>PITR</acronym> (Point In +exploring the use of &postgres; 8.X <acronym>PITR</acronym> (Point In Time Recovery), where <acronym>WAL</acronym> logs are replicated to remote nodes. Unfortunately, that has two attendant limitations: Index: prerequisites.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/slony1/slony1-engine/doc/adminguide/prerequisites.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.20 retrieving revision 1.21 diff -Ldoc/adminguide/prerequisites.sgml -Ldoc/adminguide/prerequisites.sgml -u -w -r1.20 -r1.21 --- doc/adminguide/prerequisites.sgml +++ doc/adminguide/prerequisites.sgml @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ need to be able to be compiled from source at your site.</para> <para> In order to compile &slony1;, you need to have the following -tools. +tools: <itemizedlist> <listitem><para> GNU make. Other make programs will not work. GNU
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