| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
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| To: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Craig Ringer <craig(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Christoph Berg <christoph(dot)berg(at)credativ(dot)de>, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Package version in PG_VERSION and version() |
| Date: | 2018-01-17 14:01:29 |
| Message-ID: | f18403d3-278c-a4fa-e1f5-6b9a90ca077c@2ndquadrant.com |
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On 1/3/18 10:25, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 9:20 PM, Craig Ringer <craig(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
>> Last time I tried to actually deploy packages that used --with-extra-version
>> a variety of tools that talk to postgres broke because they choked when
>> parsing the version. Including widely used ones like check_postgres.
>
> I think there's likely a big difference between --with-extra-version='
> (blah)' and --with-extra-version='blah', though. It does this:
So what is the next action this thread? I think --with-extra-version is
the right solution for packagers, so I'm tempted to close this commit
fest item. There is some speculation that using it could break
third-party tools, but (a) we would need more concrete evidence, (b) we
should fix *that* then, and (c) it's likely unavoidable in general.
--
Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services
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