Re: [HACKERS] RPM changes for 7.1.

Lamar Owen <lamar(dot)owen(at)wgcr(dot)org> writes:

> 1.) Addition of a postgresql-lib subpackage. Rationale: those using
> just the Perl, Python, or Tcl clients may not want the full psql cli and
> documetation installed just to use their client. This package would
> simply be the shared object dynamic load libraries necessary for any
> client.

Sounds like a good idea.

> 2.) Addition of a postgresql-pltcl subpackage. Rationale: pl/tcl is
> currently included as part of the postgresql-tcl package. If someone
> has the need for a tcl-client ONLY installation, they currently cannot
> do so due to the postgresql-tcl package's dependency upon the server
> subpackage being loaded. Likewise, answering the question 'why not put
> pl/tcl in the main server package', someone needing the server package,
> but not pl/tcl, bight not want to have the full Tcl client installed
> just to run a server.

The package is 64 k. Why split it?

> I am a minimalist not because of a desire to save disk space -- disk is
> cheap, after all. I am a minimalist because of security -- if I don't
> _need_ Perl installed, then I shouldn't be forced to install Perl, for
> instance.

I've yet to see a security hole from documentation :)
>

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Trond Eivind Glomsrød
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