From: | "Andrew Hammond" <andrew(dot)george(dot)hammond(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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To: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Missing directory when building 8.2.3-base |
Date: | 2007-02-13 18:11:08 |
Message-ID: | 1171390267.966146.124320@q2g2000cwa.googlegroups.com |
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On Feb 12, 5:16 pm, j(dot)(dot)(dot)(at)commandprompt(dot)com ("Joshua D. Drake") wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > Jeroen T. Vermeulen wrote:
> >> Is this a known problem? Is there any test procedure that builds the
> >> "base" distribution before release?
>
> > Most of the core team is convinced that the postgresql-foo tarballs are
> > useless, but Marc insists on keeping them. But since they are nearly
> > useless, no one tests them, so it is not surprising that they don't
> > work.
>
> Why do we keep them again? I can't recall at any point in the life of
> CMD us ever using the -foo tarballs. Not to mention they just take up space.
>
> Let's dump them.
The FreeBSD database/postgres* ports depend on them. Which is probably
why Marc insists on keeping them.
Andrew
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