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| author | jdolecek <jdolecek@pkgsrc.org> | 2005-02-06 12:32:05 +0000 |
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| committer | jdolecek <jdolecek@pkgsrc.org> | 2005-02-06 12:32:05 +0000 |
| commit | fc812047e43d4d9fb81624d54e29cdbb349c99ba (patch) | |
| tree | ca025c7eef396d233c2e4340a7c68a2a92ecf72b /databases/postgresql80/DESCR | |
| parent | 1a41b85972768a587b9a8a7b9eb46634e56ced9f (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-fc812047e43d4d9fb81624d54e29cdbb349c99ba.tar.gz | |
PostgreSQL 8.0.1 packages. A dump/restore using pg_dump is required
for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.
Major changes relative to 7.4.x:
* Savepoints
* Point-in-Time recovery
* Tablespaces
* Improved buffer management
* ALTER TABLE column management improvements
Full list of changes is available at:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/release.html#RELEASE-8-0
Also note that PostgreSQL server listens also on localhost (127.0.0.1)
by default now.
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diff --git a/databases/postgresql80/DESCR b/databases/postgresql80/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..9f6b5b5b0f9 --- /dev/null +++ b/databases/postgresql80/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +PostgreSQL is a robust, next-generation, Object-Relational DBMS (ORDBMS), +derived from the Berkeley Postgres database management system. While +PostgreSQL retains the powerful object-relational data model, rich data types +and easy extensibility of Postgres, it replaces the PostQuel query language +with an extended subset of SQL. + +PostgreSQL is free and the complete source is available. + +This is the meta-package for the PostgreSQL database system. |