| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
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| To: | Christoph Berg <christoph(dot)berg(at)credativ(dot)de>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Craig Ringer <craig(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Package version in PG_VERSION and version() |
| Date: | 2018-01-17 17:49:32 |
| Message-ID: | aa78cb86-2b60-8348-0f36-f7e87241487c@2ndquadrant.com |
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On 1/17/18 10:14, Christoph Berg wrote:
> The difference is that when parsing version() (which is all my variant
> is changing), people already have to deal with extra stuff at the end
> (gcc version), while that would be new for "psql --version".
For me, having the package identifier in "psql -version" specifically
would actually be the biggest win in this, because that's where a lot of
issues arise (e.g., wrong libedit/readline library, different
compiled-in socket location).
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Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services
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