The EOL versions should definitely be deprecated, but removal was only
on the table because no one was willing to do the work to backport the
patches to get them building again. If you are, then great! The old
versions are indeed useful to have available for the purpose of getting
your data into something newer.
- Josh
On 24/11/2024 07:15, Steven Smith wrote:
I’ve added a patch for this and fixed the issue:
https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/26717 <https://
github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/26717>
Given the long tail of deployed PostgreSQL servers and data files, I’ll
defer to the MacPorts community whether these older unsupported versions
should actually be deprecated, as they’re required to migrate data to
more recent PostgreSQL versions.
Steve
On Nov 23, 2024, at 2:32 PM, Steven Smith <steve.t.sm...@gmail.com> wrote:
I just discovered that I’ve been impacted by this recent update to the
port postgresql96—my fault entirely as there’s been plenty of warning
on MacPorts threads.
I have PG96 data files, but see that I’ve auto-uninstalled PG96, and
also PG96 no longer builds.
I’d like to migrate to the latest PG17, but without a running PG96
pg_ctl, I’d have to install this binary from upstream, or preferably
from a prebuilt MacPorts tarball.
If possible, it would be much simpler to install from an existing
prebuilt tarball, if that’s even possible.
Does anyone know how to patch postgresql96 so that it builds on macOS
14, or how to install a prebuilt port from a MacPorts download?
Thanks,
Steve
The known_fail error is in xml.c:
:info:build xml.c:977:45: error: incompatible function pointer types
passing 'void (void *, xmlErrorPtr)' (aka 'void (void *, struct
_xmlError *)') to parameter of type 'xmlStructuredErrorFunc' (aka
'void (*)(void *, const struct _xmlError *)') [-Wincompatible-
function-pointer-types]
On Jul 12, 2024, at 4:54 PM, David Gilman <davidgilm...@gmail.com> wrote:
Is there any opposition to dropping all unsupported PostgreSQL
versions from MacPorts? That would be any version of PostgreSQL before
12. Version 12 runs out of support later this year.
Right now none of the unsupported versions will build in MacPorts
without backporting patches[0]. I don't think it's impossible to get
them building again, the PostgreSQL codebase moves slowly and patches
can probably be made to apply, I just don't think the effort is
justified if there aren't any users on these old versions.
Note that psql and the client library (libpq) are backwards compatible
going back many versions. You can use newer versions of psql with
older databases. These ports are only useful if you need to run a
specific version of the PostgreSQL server itself.
[0] at least https://github.com/postgres/postgres/
commit/400928b83bd254d20f0790d467f221bb52707e6e
but I'm sure there are more gotchas as you go further back.
--
David Gilman
:DG<
