[pgpool-general: 7746] Re: Pgpool-II on Ubuntu - older Pgpool version is OK?

[Tatsuo Ishii]

We don't provide Pgpool-II packages for aarch64/arm64 for now. Sorry.

> The code that gave me the said error was this: (my server is ARM arch)
> 
> dnf install pgpool-II-pg13
> 
> On Tue, Oct 5, 2021 at 10:58 PM Nirav Bhatt <niravbhatt.cpp at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Thanks again.
>>
>> I managed to switch to *CentOS **7.9.2009* (source image: ami-0db02f65655518c52
>> from https://wiki.centos.org/Cloud/AWS)
>>
>> $>cat /etc/centos-release
>> CentOS Linux release 7.9.2009 (AltArch)
>>
>> NAME="CentOS Linux"
>> VERSION="7 (AltArch)"
>> ID="centos"
>> ID_LIKE="rhel fedora"
>> VERSION_ID="7"
>> PRETTY_NAME="CentOS Linux 7 (AltArch)"
>> CENTOS_MANTISBT_PROJECT="CentOS-7"
>> CENTOS_MANTISBT_PROJECT_VERSION="7"
>> REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="centos"
>> REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="7"
>>
>> *Then, I run:*
>>
>> dnf/yum install
>> https://www.pgpool.net/yum/rpms/4.2/redhat/rhel-7-x86_64/pgpool-II-release-4.2-1.noarch.rpm
>>
>> which results in:
>>
>> pgpool-II 4.2 7 - aarch64
>>
>>
>> Failed to synchronize cache for repo 'pgpool42', ignoring this repo.
>> Last metadata expiration check: 3:05:20 ago on Tue 05 Oct 2021 04:49:01 PM
>> UTC.
>> No match for argument: pgpool-II-pg13
>> Error: Unable to find a match: pgpool-II-pg13
>>
>> Where am I wrong?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -Nirav
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 5, 2021 at 4:49 AM Tatsuo Ishii <ishii at sraoss.co.jp> wrote:
>>
>>> > Thank you so much for quick reply!
>>>
>>> You are welcome.
>>>
>>> > Your answer relieves me at least from the worries about Ubuntu in
>>> > production.
>>> >
>>> > However, I still did not get 2 things:
>>> >
>>> > - Is Pgpool (4.1.4 - the one I am using
>>> > <https://www.pgpool.net/docs/42/en/html/release-4-1-4.html>) compatible
>>> > with Postgresql 13 on Ubuntu?
>>>
>>> Yes, at least from funcionality's point of view. Pgpool-II does not
>>> rely on specific distro's feature (if any).
>>>
>>> > I have been focusing solely on configuration
>>> > part and did not test anything, also did not check the compatibility in
>>> the
>>> > first place, nor I can find any sources for it.
>>>
>>> > - Is 4.1.4 the last version supported for Ubuntu? I checked here
>>> > <
>>> https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=pgpool2&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all
>>> >,
>>> > and it seems the case.
>>> > What are the risks if I go with Ubuntu if let's say it doesn't get the
>>> > latest pgpool2 (which is 4.2.5)?
>>>
>>> I am not in the position of talking about Ubuntu distribution
>>> activities. So I don't know why they only release 4.1.4, and no 4.2.x
>>> at this point.
>>>
>>> > Maybe I am missing some other source of installing latest Pgpool2 on
>>> > Ubuntu? I am very new to Linux distro world as well. If possible, please
>>> > enlighten.
>>>
>>> Another possibility is PGDB packages. This project is driven by
>>> PostgreSQL developers/contributors and is mainly aiming to provide the
>>> latest packages of PostgreSQL. The packages also include a few
>>> PostgreSQL related projects, including pgpool2.
>>>
>>> https://www.postgresql.org/download/linux/ubuntu/
>>> https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Apt
>>>
>>> I have looked into the packages list but I only found pgpool2 4.1.4 is
>>> the latest. I am subscribed to the pgsql-pkg-debian at postgresql.org and
>>> sending a question whether they have a plan to provide more recent
>>> versions of pgpool2 packages.
>>>
>>> https://www.postgresql.org/download/linux/ubuntu/
>>> --
>>> Tatsuo Ishii
>>> SRA OSS, Inc. Japan
>>> English: http://www.sraoss.co.jp/index_en.php
>>> Japanese:http://www.sraoss.co.jp
>>>
>>