cygwin archive? (previous versions for fallback)

Max Bowsher maxb@ukf.net
Sun Mar 9 13:37:00 GMT 2003


günter strubinsky wrote:
> I had a previous release of cygwin running. It contained postgresql
> 7.2.3. When I updated now, Postgresql version 7.3.2 was installed
> which sadly requires a dump and restore of the 'old' database to
> recognize the data. That I found out too late. My data can not be
> accessed anymore. When I tried to download a previous version via
> installer, the only version accessible is
> 7.3.1 which doesn't go back early enough.
>
> I need to go back to a version that contains PostgreSQL 7.2.x or my
> data is lost.
>
> I don't mind that the installer doesn't warn of release changes which
> renders your data inaccessible, but I NEED to be able to go back
> (only to dump my data so that it can't be reloaded with the brandnew
> version.
>
> There must be a way to access an archive of 'older' cygwin
> installation packages.

One previous version, and that is *all*!

Now, you happen to be in luck, since there was recently discussion about a
mirror that seems to have stopped updating a month ago.

ftp://ftp.ccp14.ac.uk/ccp14/ftp-mirror/programming/cygwin/pub/cygwin/release
/postgresql/

still contains 7.2.{1,2,3}

I emphasize this is pure *luck* that this mirror seems to have broken at a
convenient time to save you a lot of trouble.


Max.


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