| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Magnus Hagander <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: win32 version info |
| Date: | 2004-07-27 03:20:58 |
| Message-ID: | 200407270320.i6R3KwT09861@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Magnus Hagander wrote:
> >> This patch along with the attached files (.tar.gz unpacks in src/)
> >> adds VERSIONINFO to all binaries under win32. This is generally
> >> considered a good thing
> >
> >Out of curiosity: Why?
>
> Well, because it allows the user as well as other programs to identify
> what version of a file is installed. For error-checking purposes (which
Didn't you and Claudio disagree just a week ago when I asked for some
Win32 C code to auto-check versions like initdb calling postgres? That
was only in one C file ifdef'ed and you thought it was overkill. Now
you want to put stuff in every binary directory?
Seems inconsistent to me.
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