From: | Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)tm(dot)ee> |
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To: | Oliver Elphick <olly(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk> |
Cc: | "Matthew T(dot) O'Connor" <matthew(at)zeut(dot)net>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Lamar Owen <lamar(dot)owen(at)wgcr(dot)org>, Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>, Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>, HACKERS <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: (A) native Windows port |
Date: | 2002-07-09 15:41:58 |
Message-ID: | 1026229318.7042.1.camel@taru.tm.ee |
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On Tue, 2002-07-09 at 13:48, Oliver Elphick wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-07-09 at 01:30, Matthew T. O'Connor wrote:
> > > Oh, that is a problem. We would have to require the old executables.
> >
> > Could this be solved with packaging? Meaning can postmasters from old versions
> > be packed with a new release strictly for the purpose of upgrading? It is my
> > understanding that the only old executable needed is the postmaster is that
> > correct? Perhaps this also requires adding functionality so that pg_dump can
> > run against a singer user postmaster.
> >
> > Example: When PG 7.3 is released, the RPM / deb / setup.exe include the
> > postmaster binary for v 7.2 (perhaps two or three older versions...).
>
> That isn't usable for Debian. A package must be buildable from source;
> so I would have to include separate (though possibly cut-down) source
> for n previous packages. It's a horrid prospect and a dreadful kludge
> of a solution - a maintainer's nightmare.
The old postmaster should not be built/distributed. As it is for
_upgrading_ only, you just have to _keep_ it when doing an upgrade, not
build a new "old" one ;)
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Hannu
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