On 1/3/18 10:25, Robert Haas wrote: > On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 9:20 PM, Craig Ringer <cr...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: >> Last time I tried to actually deploy packages that used --with-extra-version >> a variety of tools that talk to postgres broke because they choked when >> parsing the version. Including widely used ones like check_postgres. > > I think there's likely a big difference between --with-extra-version=' > (blah)' and --with-extra-version='blah', though. It does this:
So what is the next action this thread? I think --with-extra-version is the right solution for packagers, so I'm tempted to close this commit fest item. There is some speculation that using it could break third-party tools, but (a) we would need more concrete evidence, (b) we should fix *that* then, and (c) it's likely unavoidable in general. -- Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services
