Re: Postgresql8.4 install breaks Evolution on Ubuntu 9.10

> Libraries the One-Click installer tramples all over include:
>
> libxml2
> libssl
> libcrypto
> libreadline
> libtermcap
> libuuid
>
Apart from libxml2 (which is now being fixed) all other libraries you
mentioned , dint get installed (or copied) to the PGHOME/lib directory
if the same name library already present in the system (/lib and /usr/lib).
> ... all of which have the same names and in some cases soversions that
> they're likely to have in the OS packages.
>
> As libpq.so.5 is also added to the linker path, if a user has a
> distro-packaged version of PostgreSQL which has the same soversion of
> libpq then the distro-packaged psql etc is also likely to use the
> one-click install's libpq, leading to the potential for all sorts of
> exciting breakage if they've been built with different options.
>
> An incomplete list of binaries clearly affected by library conflict
> issues such as the libxml one the OP reported is, as checked in my
> Ubuntu 9.04 install:
>
> /usr/bin/amstex
> /usr/bin/bonobo-browser
> /usr/bin/bug-buddy
> /usr/bin/compiz.real
> /usr/bin/devhelp
> /usr/bin/dvd95
> /usr/bin/dwell-click-applet
> /usr/bin/editor
> /usr/bin/ekiga
> /usr/bin/eog
> /usr/bin/etex
> /usr/bin/eview
> /usr/bin/evim
> /usr/bin/evolution
> /usr/bin/evolution-addressbook-export
> /usr/bin/ex
> /usr/bin/gedit
> /usr/bin/gnome-about-me
> /usr/bin/gnome-appearance-properties
> /usr/bin/gnome-default-applications-properties
> /usr/bin/gnome-desktop-item-edit
> /usr/bin/gnome-help
> /usr/bin/gnome-keyboard-properties
> /usr/bin/gnome-open
> /usr/bin/gnome-panel
> /usr/bin/gnome-phone-manager
> /usr/bin/gnome-pilot-make-password
> /usr/bin/gnome-text-editor
> /usr/bin/gnomevfs-cat
> /usr/bin/gnomevfs-copy
> /usr/bin/gnomevfs-df
> /usr/bin/gnomevfs-info
> /usr/bin/gnomevfs-ls
> /usr/bin/gnomevfs-mkdir
> /usr/bin/gnomevfs-monitor
> /usr/bin/gnomevfs-mv
> /usr/bin/gnomevfs-rm
> /usr/bin/gnome-volume-properties
> /usr/bin/gpilot-applet
> /usr/bin/gpilotd
> /usr/bin/gpilotd-control-applet
> /usr/bin/gpilotd-session-wrapper
> /usr/bin/gpilot-install-file
> /usr/bin/grip
> /usr/bin/gthumb
> /usr/bin/gview
> /usr/bin/gvim
> /usr/bin/gvimdiff
> /usr/bin/inkscape
> /usr/bin/inkview
> /usr/bin/jadetex
> /usr/bin/latex
> /usr/bin/meinproc4
> /usr/bin/msgattrib
> /usr/bin/msgcat
> /usr/bin/msgcmp
> /usr/bin/msgcomm
> /usr/bin/msgconv
> /usr/bin/msgen
> /usr/bin/msgexec
> /usr/bin/msgfilter
> /usr/bin/msgfmt
> /usr/bin/msggrep
> /usr/bin/msginit
> /usr/bin/msgmerge
> /usr/bin/msgunfmt
> /usr/bin/msguniq
> /usr/bin/nautilus
> /usr/bin/panel-test-applets
> /usr/bin/pdfetex
> /usr/bin/pdffonts
> /usr/bin/pdfimages
> /usr/bin/pdfinfo
> /usr/bin/pdfjadetex
> /usr/bin/pdflatex
> /usr/bin/pdftex
> /usr/bin/pdftoabw
> /usr/bin/pdftohtml
> /usr/bin/pdftoppm
> /usr/bin/pdftops
> /usr/bin/pdftotext
> /usr/bin/php5-cgi
> /usr/bin/php-cgi
> /usr/bin/pidgin
> /usr/bin/pointer-capture-applet
> /usr/bin/polkit-gnome-authorization
> /usr/bin/recode-sr-latin
> /usr/bin/rgview
> /usr/bin/rgvim
> /usr/bin/rhythmbox
> /usr/bin/rview
> /usr/bin/rvim
> /usr/bin/seahorse
> /usr/bin/seahorse-daemon
> /usr/bin/test-moniker
> /usr/bin/tracker-search-tool
> /usr/bin/vi
> /usr/bin/view
> /usr/bin/vim
> /usr/bin/vimdiff
> /usr/bin/vim.gnome
> /usr/bin/vinagre
> /usr/bin/vino-preferences
> /usr/bin/virsh
> /usr/bin/virt-viewer
> /usr/bin/xfce4-keyboard-settings
> /usr/bin/xfce4-settings-helper
> /usr/bin/xgettext
> /usr/bin/xmlcatalog
> /usr/bin/xmllint
> /usr/bin/yelp
>
> Other distros will experience different breakage. On Ubuntu 9.10, for
> example, the standard readline soversion is .5.2 so the libreadline.so.4
> bundled in the oc installer won't break users of the distro-packaged
> libreadline. Ditto libssl and libcrypto (oc: .5.2 ; distro: .0.9.8 ).
>
> This needs really urgent attention. Step 1 is probably to rebuild the
> installer using libraries where everything has been given custom
> soversions; next step is to use rpath linkage to solve the problem properly.
>
> --
> Craig Ringe
>

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Regards,
Sachin Srivastava
EnterpriseDB <http://www.enterprisedb.com>, the Enterprise Postgres
<http://www.enterprisedb.com> company.