Re: Splitting distributions (Was: Re: [HACKERS] ECPG / Release)

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
Cc: Lamar Owen <lamar(dot)owen(at)wgcr(dot)org>, Michael Meskes <meskes(at)postgresql(dot)org>, PostgreSQL Hacker <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Splitting distributions (Was: Re: [HACKERS] ECPG / Release)
Date: 2000-02-23 01:20:06
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.21.0002230057580.415-100000@localhost.localdomain
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On 2000-02-22, The Hermit Hacker mentioned:

> Pretty much ... longer term goal, IMHO, is to make a more compact
> distribution so that if I want libpq on a clint machine, I don't have to
> download the whole backend code too ...

Unfortunately there are currently some severe bogosities in the build
process that will prevent this. Certain subdirectories reach half way
across the source tree to get the stuff they need. I've thrown several
hints around in this direction, I would like to give the build process a
serious massage for the next release. This item would be considered.

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