Re: [GENERAL] pg_filedump binary for CentOS

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, David Boreham <david_list(at)boreham(dot)org>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] pg_filedump binary for CentOS
Date: 2010-10-14 19:38:57
Message-ID: 1287085056-sup-3824@alvh.no-ip.org
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Excerpts from Robert Haas's message of jue oct 14 14:10:57 -0300 2010:
> On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 12:41 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> > David Boreham wrote:
> >>
> >> As far as I can see there is no pre-built pg_filedump binary for the
> >> PDGD yum repository (8.3.11 for RHEL5). Before I embark on building it
> >> from source I figured I'd ask here if I'm correct that there is no
> >> binary hidden somewhere in the packages.
> >
> > [  CC to hackers.]
> >
> > Should we consider moving pg_filedump into our /contrib?
>
> If it's license-compatible, +1.

It is GPL, which strictly speaking is compatible, but we don't want to
ship it to avoid problems for downstream packagers.

Could we ask Redhat for a relicense?

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Álvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
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