Re: Module incompatibility detection between 8.0 and 8.1

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>
Cc: Olivier Thauvin <olivier(dot)thauvin(at)aerov(dot)jussieu(dot)fr>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Module incompatibility detection between 8.0 and 8.1
Date: 2005-11-11 14:37:50
Message-ID: 18322.1131719870@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> writes:
> On Thu, Nov 10, 2005 at 11:29:15PM +0100, Olivier Thauvin wrote:
>> To fix the issue, I will add a provide into postgresql-server package,
>> something like postgresql-ABI =3D 8.1, add equivalent requires into modules.

> There is some discussion about this on -hackers. It'll probably happen
> at some stage but the actual method is not clear yet.

I haven't noticed any discussion, but: an extra provides-symbol seems
completely useless to me. Just make the external modules depend on
postgresql-server-8.1.

If you do want to discuss this, pgsqlrpms-hackers(at)pgfoundry(dot)org would
be the place; the general hackers list does not concern itself with
RPM packaging details.

regards, tom lane

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