PostgreSQL mgmt on Fedora: pg_cluster-like tools?

[Rahul Sundaram]

Devrim GÜNDÜZ wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 01:04 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
>> I agree that the package manager should have the ability to install 
>> multiple versions of things - and not just in this case. 

Packaging, not a package manager decides that. RPM and yum can install 
parallel versions just fine and do that for dozens of packages in the 
repository.

  But,
>> what/who  should determine which executables/libraries go in the
>> default path?
> 
> rpm -ivh postgresql-set-default-8.3-1.noarch.f9.rpm
> 
> :)
> 
> This will symlink executables and libraries to default path and leave
> the rest outside the path.
> 
> How does it sound?

Sounds like duplicating what is available as part of alternatives package.

Rahul