Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2023 14:27:29 +0100
From: Tomas Volf <~@wolfsden.cz>
To: Jan Kohnert <nospam001-lists@jan-kohnert.de>
Cc: ~alpine/users@lists.alpinelinux.org
Subject: Re: Install Postgresql12-client in Alpine 3.19
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On 2023-12-17 14:06:39 +0100, Jan Kohnert wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm using an Alpine-based Python container for automatic building/testing of
> my backup and restore tool for various sources. The tool internally uses tools
> provided by upstream database vendors such as pg_dump for database sources. As
> - at least for Postgres - the tools can change quite damatically between major
> versions, I try to CI-test all upstream-supported versions, so I install
> postgres16-client down to postgres12-client and test my tool using the correct
> client tools for the corresponding Postgres-Servers within the pipeline runs.
>
> With the current release of Alpine 3.19 postgres12-client is not longer found.
> In 3.18, I could add postgres16-client using the edge repository; now I'm
> looking for a way to install postgres12-client using an older repo. I tried
>
> apk add postgresql12-client --repository=https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/
> alpine/v3.18/main
>
> but that doesn't work.
>
> Is there a way to get the old version installed in current Alpine or do I need
> to stick with 3.18 for the time being?

You could (and likely should) just create a package for it.  You can very likely
use the APKBUILD for the 12 version, and try to build it using 3.19, I suspect
is should work?

>
> TIA
>
> --
> MfG Jan
>
>

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