Re: Integrating libpqxx

If on one is has outstanding libpq++ patches, I will run libpq++ through
my new tools src/tools/pgindent/pgcppindent. It uses astyle. I can
also wait for 7.3 beta and run it then.

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Neil Conway wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Jun 2002 20:29:21 +0200
> "Jeroen T. Vermeulen" <jtv(at)xs4all(dot)nl> wrote:
> > I think libpqxx, the alternative to libpq++, is just about ready for
> > prime time.
>
> Great -- I like libpqxx a lot, and I'd like to see it in 7.3. We should
> also probably keep libpq++ around for backward compatibility, but I
> suppose we can stop distributing it eventually.
>
> > That means integrating it with the main source tree, I
> > suppose, but I have no idea where to start--particularly because libpqxx
> > has its own configure setup.
>
> I took a brief look at libpqxx's configure setup and ISTM that you won't
> need to do a lot of work to integrate it into the PostgreSQL build system.
> Users won't need to specify '--with-postgres' anymore, and the rest of the
> configure options look pretty standard (gnu-ld, pic, etc.)
>
> Is there a reason for keeping '--enable-postgres-dialect', when libpqxx
> is distributed with PostgreSQL?
>
> Otherwise, if you put the code into src/interfaces/libpqxx and modify
> the PostgreSQL build system to be aware of it (as well as removing
> libpqxx's autoconf stuff), it shouldn't be too difficult.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Neil
>
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