From: | Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> |
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To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | Greg Smith <gsmith(at)gregsmith(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Link requirements creep |
Date: | 2008-05-19 12:55:31 |
Message-ID: | 20080519125531.GK5505@tamriel.snowman.net |
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* Tom Lane (tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us) wrote:
> Greg Smith <gsmith(at)gregsmith(dot)com> writes:
> > When we noticed this recently, my digging suggested you'll be hard pressed
> > to have a RedHat system now without those two installed.
>
> Indeed, I've not heard any squawks from the field yet. It's still
> wrong though ...
Unsuprisingly, half the world in Debian also depends on libxml2, but I
agree 110% w/ Tom- it's wrong, and I feel it really ought to be fixed
regardless. It's entirely likely that there will come a time when it's
a less used library getting pulled in, too. I also personally hate
useless clutter in dependencies as it can cause package management
headaches..
After poking around a bit I did find a box that only pulled in libxml2
for subversion, and we've been talking about moving to a different SCM
(which don't appear to depend on libxml2), so it might eventually only
be pulled in by psql for us. Not a show-stopper, but it's also not
completely out of the question that it'll get pulled in unnecessairly.
Thanks,
Stephen
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