Re: 8.2.0 Tarball vs. REL8_2_0 vs. REL8_2_STABLE

Matt Miller írta:
>>> The [pgcluster-1.7.0rc1-patch] patch applies to the 8.2.0 tarball ...
>>> However, the patch will not apply to cvs branch REL8_2_0.
>>>
>> I've been told that the pgcluster patch patches some generated files
>> (parse.h and other apparently).
>>
>
> Yes, I could not at first apply to REL8_2_0 because the patch file
> wanted to patch src/backend/parser/gram.c. At that point I started over
> with a fresh REL8_2_0, ran "./configure; make", and tried the patch
> again. That's when I got a bunch of failures and fuzz. The problem
> files are:
>
> src/backend/parser/gram.c
> src/backend/parser/parse.h
> src/interfaces/libpq/libpq.rc
>
> So, I suppose libpq.rc is a derived file, also?
>
> Now I have two questions. First, why does pgcluster patch derived
> files? Is this just sloppy/lazy technique, or could there be some
>

Exactly.

E.g. PGCluster patches configure, not configure.in,
among others. The sugar on the top is PGCluster ruins
the nice portability of PostgreSQL. E.g. plain usage of
fork() without considering EXEC_BACKEND
is not portable across archs.

> deeper reason? I realize this is properly to be posed to the pgcluster
> folks, but they don't seem to be too responsive, at least not to their
> pgfoundry forums.
>
> Second, does it make sense that the derived files that rejected the
> patch would be so different between the 8.2.0 tarball and my
> REL8_2_0 build?
>

If the autotools and bison is different,
they may certainly produce different files.

Best regards,
Zoltán Böszörményi