Re: Variable substitution in psql backtick expansion

From: Fabien COELHO <coelho(at)cri(dot)ensmp(dot)fr>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, Corey Huinker <corey(dot)huinker(at)gmail(dot)com>, Daniel Verite <daniel(at)manitou-mail(dot)org>, PostgreSQL Developers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Variable substitution in psql backtick expansion
Date: 2017-08-27 06:13:15
Message-ID: alpine.DEB.2.20.1708270811060.18068@lancre
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>> Spending developer time to write code for the hypothetical someone running
>> a psql version 11 linked to a libpq < 7.4, if it can even link, does not
>> look like a very good investment... Anyway, here is required the update.
>
> The question is the server's version, not libpq.

Ok.

> Modern psql does still talk to ancient servers (I tried 11devel against
> 7.2 just now, to be sure).

Wow:-)

> The stuff in describe.c may not work well, but basic functionality
> is there and I don't want to break it.

Ok. Then the updated patch should work, although I do not have a setup to
test that easily.

--
Fabien.

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