Re: v7.3.1 tar ready ... please check it ...

On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > Bruce Momjian writes:
> >
> > > A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 7.3. However, it
> > > should be noted that the main PostgreSQL interface library, libpq, has
> > > a new major version number for this release, which may require
> > > recompilation of client code in certain cases.
> >
> > s/certain/all/
>
> I was unclear on that. If they install right over their existing
> pgsql/lib directory, the old libpq will still be there, so a recompile
> will not be required.
>

It's not always safe to install over existing previous installation.
I think special mention about recompiling DBD::Pg would be important

>

Regards,
Oleg
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