[OSM-talk] Using osm2pgsql to keep up with dailies?

[Aurelien Jacobs]

Michal Migurski wrote:

> >>> What to do? Periodic downloads of planet aren't going to work for  
> >>> what
> >>> I'd like to use it for. I'm using the Debian Lenny package, not sure
> >>> exactly of the version.
> >>
> >> Well, we need to know the version because it's a fairly recent
> >> feature. You did use --slim and -a, right?
> >
> > The current osm2pgsql package for debian lenny contains a version of  
> > osm2pgsql
> > from april. It doesn't have the -a feature.
> 
> Interesting, thanks everyone.
> 
> I checked the version, and it appears to be 0.52-20080413 $Rev: 7141 $.
> 
> Any idea if the version in Lenny will soon be upgraded to the one that  
> supports --slim, or would it be better to compile directly out of SVN?

Lenny is frozen, and thus, it will most likely be released with this
version of osm2pgsql.
Your best bet is to compile from SVN.

Aurel