Re: Building perl mods pg:PG or DBD:PG on non-PostgreSQLable machines

Jeff Post <postjeff(at)uwm(dot)edu> writes:

> I recently asked about adding DBD:PG to Novell and got the reply
> that it should be possible since novell supports DBI.
>
> However, Since I cannot install / build PostgreSQL on a novell
> machine I do not satisfy the requirments for building DMD:Pg.
>
> How can I add either of the mentioned perl modules to a machine that
> does not have the postgresql libraries?
>
> I have the libraries built on a linux/x86 box. Can I just copy them to the
> novell server( I 99.99999% sure the answer to this question is no)?

Nope. You're either going to have to port the libraries to NetWare
(which might not be too hard) or write a "pure Perl" implementation of
DBD::Pg (one that speaks the backend protocol directly rather than
using the libraries). The former is almost certainly less work. I
know there was someone on -hackers working on a NetWare port; you
might want to search the archives for that list.

-Doug
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