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Port details
postgresql18-contrib The contrib utilities from the PostgreSQL distribution
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Maintainer: pgsql@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2025-05-08 20:04:08
Last Update: 2025-05-08 20:00:15
Commit Hash: a9608d6
License: PostgreSQL
WWW:
https://www.postgresql.org/
Description:
PostgreSQL is a sophisticated Object-Relational DBMS, supporting almost all SQL constructs, including subselects, transactions, and user-defined types and functions. It is the most advanced open-source database available anywhere. Commercial Support is also available. The original Postgres code was the effort of many graduate students, undergraduate students, and staff programmers working under the direction of Professor Michael Stonebraker at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1995, Andrew Yu and Jolly Chen took on the task of converting the DBMS query language to SQL and created a new database system which came to known as Postgres95. Many others contributed to the porting, testing, debugging and enhancement of the Postgres95 code. As the code improved, and 1995 faded into memory, PostgreSQL was born. PostgreSQL development is presently being performed by a team of Internet developers who are now responsible for all current and future development. The development team coordinator is Marc G. Fournier (scrappy@PostgreSQL.ORG). Support is available from the PostgreSQL developer/user community through the support mailing list (questions@PostgreSQL.ORG). PostgreSQL is free and the complete source is available.
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Manual pages:
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pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
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  1. /usr/local/share/licenses/postgresql18-contrib-18.b1/catalog.mk
  2. /usr/local/share/licenses/postgresql18-contrib-18.b1/LICENSE
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/postgresql18-contrib-18.b1/PostgreSQL
  4. bin/oid2name
  5. bin/vacuumlo
  6. include/postgresql/server/extension/cube/cubedata.h
  7. include/postgresql/server/extension/hstore/hstore.h
  8. include/postgresql/server/extension/isn/isn.h
  9. include/postgresql/server/extension/ltree/ltree.h
  10. include/postgresql/server/extension/seg/segdata.h
  11. lib/postgresql/_int.so
  12. lib/postgresql/amcheck.so
  13. lib/postgresql/auth_delay.so
  14. lib/postgresql/auto_explain.so
  15. lib/postgresql/autoinc.so
  16. lib/postgresql/basebackup_to_shell.so
  17. lib/postgresql/basic_archive.so
  18. lib/postgresql/bloom.so
  19. lib/postgresql/btree_gin.so
  20. lib/postgresql/btree_gist.so
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  23. lib/postgresql/dblink.so
  24. lib/postgresql/dict_int.so
  25. lib/postgresql/dict_xsyn.so
  26. lib/postgresql/earthdistance.so
  27. lib/postgresql/file_fdw.so
  28. lib/postgresql/fuzzystrmatch.so
  29. lib/postgresql/hstore.so
  30. lib/postgresql/insert_username.so
  31. lib/postgresql/isn.so
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  34. lib/postgresql/moddatetime.so
  35. lib/postgresql/pageinspect.so
  36. lib/postgresql/passwordcheck.so
  37. lib/postgresql/pg_buffercache.so
  38. lib/postgresql/pg_freespacemap.so
  39. lib/postgresql/pg_logicalinspect.so
  40. lib/postgresql/pg_overexplain.so
  41. lib/postgresql/pg_prewarm.so
  42. lib/postgresql/pg_stat_statements.so
  43. lib/postgresql/pg_surgery.so
  44. lib/postgresql/pg_trgm.so
  45. lib/postgresql/pg_visibility.so
  46. lib/postgresql/pg_walinspect.so
  47. lib/postgresql/pgcrypto.so
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  49. lib/postgresql/pgstattuple.so
  50. lib/postgresql/pgxml.so
  51. lib/postgresql/postgres_fdw.so
  52. lib/postgresql/refint.so
  53. lib/postgresql/seg.so
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  57. lib/postgresql/test_decoding.so
  58. lib/postgresql/tsm_system_rows.so
  59. lib/postgresql/tsm_system_time.so
  60. lib/postgresql/unaccent.so
  61. lib/postgresql/uuid-ossp.so
  62. share/doc/postgresql/README-contrib
  63. share/doc/postgresql/extension/README
  64. share/doc/postgresql/extension/autoinc.example
  65. share/doc/postgresql/extension/insert_username.example
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  77. share/postgresql/extension/bloom--1.0.sql
  78. share/postgresql/extension/bloom.control
  79. share/postgresql/extension/btree_gin--1.0--1.1.sql
  80. share/postgresql/extension/btree_gin--1.0.sql
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  83. share/postgresql/extension/btree_gin.control
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  95. share/postgresql/extension/citext--1.0--1.1.sql
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  130. share/postgresql/extension/hstore--1.1--1.2.sql
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  138. share/postgresql/extension/hstore.control
  139. share/postgresql/extension/insert_username--1.0.sql
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  148. share/postgresql/extension/intarray--1.3--1.4.sql
  149. share/postgresql/extension/intarray--1.4--1.5.sql
  150. share/postgresql/extension/intarray.control
  151. share/postgresql/extension/isn--1.0--1.1.sql
  152. share/postgresql/extension/isn--1.1--1.2.sql
  153. share/postgresql/extension/isn--1.1.sql
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  155. share/postgresql/extension/isn.control
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  158. share/postgresql/extension/lo--1.1.sql
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  163. share/postgresql/extension/ltree--1.2--1.3.sql
  164. share/postgresql/extension/ltree.control
  165. share/postgresql/extension/moddatetime--1.0.sql
  166. share/postgresql/extension/moddatetime.control
  167. share/postgresql/extension/pageinspect--1.0--1.1.sql
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  180. share/postgresql/extension/pageinspect--1.9--1.10.sql
  181. share/postgresql/extension/pageinspect.control
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  183. share/postgresql/extension/pg_buffercache--1.1--1.2.sql
  184. share/postgresql/extension/pg_buffercache--1.2--1.3.sql
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  187. share/postgresql/extension/pg_buffercache--1.4--1.5.sql
  188. share/postgresql/extension/pg_buffercache--1.5--1.6.sql
  189. share/postgresql/extension/pg_buffercache.control
  190. share/postgresql/extension/pg_freespacemap--1.0--1.1.sql
  191. share/postgresql/extension/pg_freespacemap--1.1--1.2.sql
  192. share/postgresql/extension/pg_freespacemap--1.1.sql
  193. share/postgresql/extension/pg_freespacemap--1.2--1.3.sql
  194. share/postgresql/extension/pg_freespacemap.control
  195. share/postgresql/extension/pg_logicalinspect--1.0.sql
  196. share/postgresql/extension/pg_logicalinspect.control
  197. share/postgresql/extension/pg_prewarm--1.0--1.1.sql
  198. share/postgresql/extension/pg_prewarm--1.1--1.2.sql
  199. share/postgresql/extension/pg_prewarm--1.1.sql
  200. share/postgresql/extension/pg_prewarm.control
  201. share/postgresql/extension/pg_stat_statements--1.0--1.1.sql
  202. share/postgresql/extension/pg_stat_statements--1.1--1.2.sql
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  216. share/postgresql/extension/pg_surgery.control
  217. share/postgresql/extension/pg_trgm--1.0--1.1.sql
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  225. share/postgresql/extension/pg_visibility--1.0--1.1.sql
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  227. share/postgresql/extension/pg_visibility--1.1.sql
  228. share/postgresql/extension/pg_visibility.control
  229. share/postgresql/extension/pg_walinspect--1.0--1.1.sql
  230. share/postgresql/extension/pg_walinspect--1.0.sql
  231. share/postgresql/extension/pg_walinspect.control
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  238. share/postgresql/extension/pgrowlocks--1.0--1.1.sql
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  242. share/postgresql/extension/pgstattuple--1.0--1.1.sql
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Dependency lines:
  • postgresql18-contrib>0:databases/postgresql18-contrib
Conflicts:
CONFLICTS:
  • postgresql1[^8]*
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/databases/postgresql18-contrib/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install databases/postgresql18-contrib
  • pkg install postgresql18-contrib
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: postgresql18-contrib
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1746521321 SHA256 (postgresql/postgresql-18beta1.tar.bz2) = 0b7c83df6195398aa67dbf5c002e7fa4082be393aae99aa69926d483f98eb885 SIZE (postgresql/postgresql-18beta1.tar.bz2) = 22248570

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Master port: databases/postgresql18-server
Dependencies
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
Build dependencies:
  1. bison : devel/bison
  2. gmake>=4.4.1 : devel/gmake
  3. perl5>=5.36<5.37 : lang/perl5.36
Library dependencies:
  1. libxml2.so : textproc/libxml2
  2. libpq.so.5 : databases/postgresql18-client
There are no ports dependent upon this port

Configuration Options:
===> The following configuration options are available for postgresql18-contrib-18.b1: DOCS=on: Build and/or install documentation OPENSSL=on: Build with OpenSSL support XML=on: XML format or parser support ===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Options name:
databases_postgresql18-contrib
USES:
bison pgsql:18 bison perl5 tar:bzip2 cpe gmake ssl
pkg-message:
For install:
The PostgreSQL contrib utilities have been installed. Please see /usr/local/share/doc/postgresql/README-contrib for more information.
Master Sites:
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  1. https://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v18beta1/
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Notes from UPDATING
These upgrade notes are taken from /usr/ports/UPDATING
  • 2025-05-06
    Affects: users of databases/postgresql* and other software using PostgreSQL to run
    Author: kbowling@FreeBSD.org
    Reason: 
      The default version of PostgreSQL has been switched from 16 to 17.
      The upgrade procedure can use up twice the space the databases
      currently needs. If you have a big amount of stored data take a
      closer look at the manpage of pg_upgrade for avoidance and/or
      speedup of the upgrade.
    
      The upgrade instructions consider a basic usage and do not match
      complex scenarios like replication, sharding, or similar.
    
      Upgrade instructions:
    
      First stop your PostgreSQL, create PostgreSQL-binaries and backup your data.
      If you have another Version of PostgreSQL installed, for example 16, your
      files are named according to this.
    
      # service postgresql stop
      # pkg create postgresql16-server postgresql16-contrib
      # mkdir /tmp/pg-upgrade
      # tar xf postgresql16-server-16.8.pkg -C /tmp/pg-upgrade
      # tar xf postgresql16-contrib-16.8.pkg -C /tmp/pg-upgrade
      # pkg delete -f databases/postgresql16-server databases/postgresql16-contrib databases/postgresql16-client
    
      Now update PostgreSQL:
    
        pkg user:
        # pkg install databases/postgresql17-server databases/postgresql17-contrib
        # pkg upgrade
    
        Portmaster users:
        # portmaster databases/postgresql17-server databases/postgresql17-contrib
        # portmaster -a
    
        Portupgrade users:
        # portinstall databases/postgresql17-server databases/postgresql17-contrib
        # portupgrade -a
    
      After installing the new PostgreSQL version you need to convert
      all your databases to new version:
    
      # su -l postgres -c "/usr/local/bin/initdb --encoding=utf-8 --lc-collate=C -D /var/db/postgres/data17 -U postgres"
      # su -l postgres -c "pg_upgrade -b /tmp/pg-upgrade/usr/local/bin/ -d /var/db/postgres/data16/ -B /usr/local/bin/ -D /var/db/postgres/data17/ -U postgres "
    
      Now the migration is finished. You can start PostgreSQL again with:
    
      # service postgresql start
    
      ATTENTION:
      1) If you use non-default initdb options, you have to adjust the initdb-command accordingly
    
    
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  • 2024-07-23
    Affects: users of databases/postgresql* and other software using PostgreSQL to run
    Author: kbowling@FreeBSD.org
    Reason: 
      The default version of PostgreSQL has been switched from 15 to 16.
      The upgrade procedure can use up twice the space the databases
      currently needs. If you have a big amount of stored data take a
      closer look at the manpage of pg_upgrade for avoidance and/or
      speedup of the upgrade.
    
      The upgrade instructions consider a basic usage and do not match
      complex scenarios like replication, sharding, or similar.
    
      Upgrade instructions:
    
      First stop your PostgreSQL, create PostgreSQL-binaries and backup your data.
      If you have another Version of PostgreSQL installed, for example 15, your
      files are named according to this.
    
      # service postgresql stop
      # pkg create postgresql15-server postgresql15-contrib
      # mkdir /tmp/pg-upgrade
      # tar xf postgresql15-server-15.7.pkg -C /tmp/pg-upgrade
      # tar xf postgresql15-contrib-15.7.pkg -C /tmp/pg-upgrade
      # pkg delete -f databases/postgresql15-server databases/postgresql15-contrib databases/postgresql15-client
    
      Now update PostgreSQL:
    
        pkg user:
        # pkg install databases/postgresql16-server databases/postgresql16-contrib
        # pkg upgrade
    
        Portmaster users:
        # portmaster databases/postgresql16-server databases/postgresql16-contrib
        # portmaster -a
    
        Portupgrade users:
        # portinstall databases/postgresql16-server databases/postgresql16-contrib
        # portupgrade -a
    
      After installing the new PostgreSQL version you need to convert
      all your databases to new version:
    
      # su -l postgres -c "/usr/local/bin/initdb --encoding=utf-8 --lc-collate=C -D /var/db/postgres/data16 -U postgres"
      # su -l postgres -c "pg_upgrade -b /tmp/pg-upgrade/usr/local/bin/ -d /var/db/postgres/data15/ -B /usr/local/bin/ -D /var/db/postgres/data16/ -U postgres "
    
      Now the migration is finished. You can start PostgreSQL again with:
    
      # service postgresql start
    
      ATTENTION:
      1) If you use non-default initdb options, you have to adjust the initdb-command accordingly
    
    
  • 2023-09-08
    Affects: users of databases/postgresql* and other software using PostgreSQL to run
    Author: kbowling@FreeBSD.org
    Reason: 
      The default version of PostgreSQL has been switched from 13 to 15.
      The upgrade procedure can use up twice the space the databases
      currently needs. If you have a big amount of stored data take a
      closer look at the manpage of pg_upgrade for avoidance and/or
      speedup of the upgrade.
    
      The upgrade instructions consider a basic usage and do not match
      complex scenarios like replication, sharding, or similar.
    
      Upgrade instructions:
    
      First stop your PostgreSQL, create PostgreSQL-binaries and backup your data.
      If you have another Version of PostgreSQL installed, for example 13, your
      files are named according to this.
    
      # service postgresql stop
      # pkg create postgresql13-server postgresql13-contrib
      # mkdir /tmp/pg-upgrade
      # tar xf postgresql13-server-13.12.pkg -C /tmp/pg-upgrade
      # tar xf postgresql13-contrib-13.12.pkg -C /tmp/pg-upgrade
      # pkg delete -f databases/postgresql13-server databases/postgresql13-contrib databases/postgresql13-client
    
      Now update PostgreSQL:
    
        pkg user:
        # pkg install databases/postgresql15-server databases/postgresql15-contrib
        # pkg upgrade
    
        Portmaster users:
        # portmaster databases/postgresql15-server databases/postgresql15-contrib
        # portmaster -a
    
        Portupgrade users:
        # portinstall databases/postgresql15-server databases/postgresql15-contrib
        # portupgrade -a
    
      After installing the new PostgreSQL version you need to convert
      all your databases to new version:
    
      # su -l postgres -c "/usr/local/bin/initdb --encoding=utf-8 --lc-collate=C -D /var/db/postgres/data15 -U postgres"
      # su -l postgres -c "pg_upgrade -b /tmp/pg-upgrade/usr/local/bin/ -d /var/db/postgres/data13/ -B /usr/local/bin/ -D /var/db/postgres/data15/ -U postgres "
    
      Now the migration is finished. You can start PostgreSQL again with:
    
      # service postgresql start
    
      ATTENTION:
      1) The default user changed from "pgsql" to "postgres" in 11. The migration steps above now assume
         the "postgres" database user and FreeBSD user.
      2) If you use non-default initdb options, you have to adjust the initdb-command accordingly
    
    
  • 2021-10-24
    Affects: users of databases/postgresql* and other software using PostgreSQL to run
    Author: kbowling@FreeBSD.org
    Reason: 
      The default version of PostgreSQL has been switched from 12 to 13.
      The upgrade procedure can use up twice the space the databases
      currently needs. If you have a big amount of stored data take a
      closer look at the manpage of pg_upgrade for avoidance and/or
      speedup of the upgrade.
    
      The upgrade instructions consider a basic usage and do not match
      complex scenarios like replication, sharding, or similar.
    
      Upgrade instructions:
    
      First stop your PostgreSQL, create PostgreSQL-binaries and backup your data.
      If you have another Version of PostgreSQL installed, for example 12.8, your
      files are named according to this.
    
      # service postgresql stop
      # pkg create postgresql12-server postgresql12-contrib
      # mkdir /tmp/pg-upgrade
      # tar xf postgresql12-server-12.8.pkg -C /tmp/pg-upgrade
      # tar xf postgresql12-contrib-12.8.pkg -C /tmp/pg-upgrade
      # pkg delete -f databases/postgresql12-server databases/postgresql12-contrib databases/postgresql12-client
    
      Now update PostgreSQL:
    
        pkg user:
        # pkg install databases/postgresql13-server databases/postgresql13-contrib
        # pkg upgrade
    
        Portmaster users:
        # portmaster databases/postgresql13-server databases/postgresql13-contrib
        # portmaster -a
    
        Portupgrade users:
        # portinstall databases/postgresql13-server databases/postgresql13-contrib
        # portupgrade -a
    
      After installing the new PostgreSQL version you need to convert
      all your databases to new version:
    
      # su -l postgres -c "/usr/local/bin/initdb --encoding=utf-8 --lc-collate=C -D /var/db/postgres/data13 -U postgres"
      # su -l postgres -c "pg_upgrade -b /tmp/pg-upgrade/usr/local/bin/ -d /var/db/postgres/data12/ -B /usr/local/bin/ -D /var/db/postgres/data13/ -U postgres "
    
      Now the migration is finished. You can start PostgreSQL again with:
    
      # service postgresql start
    
      ATTENTION:
      1) The default user changed from "pgsql" to "postgres" in 11. The migration steps above now assume
         the "postgres" database user and FreeBSD user.
      2) If you use non-default initdb options, you have to adjust the initdb-command accordingly
    
    
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databases/postgresql??-*: Update to latest version

PostgreSQL 17.5, 16.9, 15.13, 14.18, and 13.21 Released!

The PostgreSQL Global Development Group has released an update to all
supported versions of PostgreSQL, including 17.5, 16.9, 15.13, 14.18,
and 13.21. This release fixes 1 security vulnerability and over 60 bugs
reported over the last several months.

Security:	78b8e808-2c45-11f0-9a65-6cc21735f730
Release
notes:	https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-175-169-1513-1418-and-1321-released-3072/

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