From: | Michael Meskes <meskes(at)usa(dot)net> |
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To: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] Mixing library versions |
Date: | 1998-11-04 08:00:20 |
Message-ID: | 19981104090020.D288@usa.net |
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On Wed, Nov 04, 1998 at 12:09:21AM +0000, Oliver Elphick wrote:
> I'm currently experimenting with the Debian packaging of 6.4.
>
> The question arises of how to handle the change in library versions from
> 1.0 to 2.0. It has been suggested that I should keep libpq.so.1 around
> for the benefit of those who need to communicate with an older database
> server.
>
> Is it possible to use libpq.so.2.0 to query a remote database whose
> server is running PostgreSQL 6.3? What would be the consequences of
No. Let's just try /usr/local/pgsql/bin/psql(6.4) on my running 6.3 server:
Connection to database 'mm' failed.
Unsupported frontend protocol.
> using libpq.so.1 to query a 6.4 server?
Never tried that until now. But it appears to work. I hvae no idea though
where it could break things.
Michael
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