Re: PHP/PgSQL *and* libpq ...

Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Jun 2003, Robert Treat wrote:
>
>> Seems like we should also allow for a windows specific distribution of libpq
>> as well.
>
> I thought that the win32 stuff was being included as part of the base
> distribution? IF so, wouldn't such already be included in any
> libpq.tar.gz we created? Is there a reason why we'd need a
> libpq-win.tar.gz (assuming that that is what you are suggesting?) ... ?

I think he meant a separate binary, somehow installer-wrapped libpq.dll
- right?

Honestly I think that doesn't do much for windows. It would only do if
we would add many other, more or less dependant interfaces, like ODBC,
Pgtcl, Pgperl?, JDBC, MyDBC ... but then we get into all the license,
packaging, distribution hassle.

Jan

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>> Robert Treat
>>
>> On Tuesday 24 June 2003 10:43 pm, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> > Added to TODO:
>> >
>> > * Allow creation of a libpq-only tarball
>> >
>> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >
>> > The Hermit Hacker wrote:
>> > > Just a side bar to the whole thread about PHP/MySQL ... I realize that
>> > > libpq is intwined with the backend right now, but if anyone could think
>> > > of a way of at least adding a make target that would create a
>> > > libpq.tar.gz distribution, I believe it would go a long way towards
>> > > making it easier for ppl to add/compile in PgSQL support into PHP ...
>> > > right now, to do so, you have to download an 8Meg file to get libpq ...
>> > > if it could be reduced to a <.5Meg tar.gz file:
>> > >
>> > > svr1# du -sk libpq
>> > > 532 libpq
>> > >
>> > > it would be less onerous to download and add the support in ...
>>
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