Re: 8.2.0 Tarball vs. REL8_2_0 vs. REL8_2_STABLE

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Matt Miller" <pgsql(at)mattmillersf(dot)fastmail(dot)fm>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, "Alvaro Herrera" <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, "Andrew Dunstan" <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Subject: Re: 8.2.0 Tarball vs. REL8_2_0 vs. REL8_2_STABLE
Date: 2006-12-18 21:09:21
Message-ID: 28647.1166476161@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Matt Miller" <pgsql(at)mattmillersf(dot)fastmail(dot)fm> writes:
> 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:

This most likely means that you have a different version of bison
installed than was used to build the release tarballs.

> Now I have two questions. First, why does pgcluster patch derived
> files?

I suppose because they think people might not have bison installed,
but on the whole it's a pretty bad idea.

regards, tom lane

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