Re: Is libpq version indifferent? I.E. can 8.3.x compiled binaries run without issue against a 9.1 backend, or are clients required to be re-compiled against the 9.1 libpq

From: Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: jreidthompson(at)nc(dot)rr(dot)com
Cc: "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Is libpq version indifferent? I.E. can 8.3.x compiled binaries run without issue against a 9.1 backend, or are clients required to be re-compiled against the 9.1 libpq
Date: 2011-09-20 22:24:59
Message-ID: CAHyXU0yYuDUD6DYw1-tYK=ocZOZW=yCrh6SNHhd+m8wDyTPnbw@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 7:37 AM, Reid Thompson <jreidthompson(at)nc(dot)rr(dot)com> wrote:
> I believe that there should be no issue, but am asking to be sure.

yeah -- as long as you stick with v3 protocol supporting libpq (7.4+)
you should be ok. all of the stuff that can change (binary wire
format, integer/float date time) is abstracted out of libpq itself and
is up to the application to handle. note, some features have been
added to libpq of course, but those are checked at link time with your
application.

merlin

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