On Tue, 2002-07-09 at 01:30, Matthew T. O'Connor wrote: > > Oh, that is a problem. We would have to require the old executables. > > Could this be solved with packaging? Meaning can postmasters from old versions > be packed with a new release strictly for the purpose of upgrading? It is my > understanding that the only old executable needed is the postmaster is that > correct? Perhaps this also requires adding functionality so that pg_dump can > run against a singer user postmaster. > > Example: When PG 7.3 is released, the RPM / deb / setup.exe include the > postmaster binary for v 7.2 (perhaps two or three older versions...).
That isn't usable for Debian. A package must be buildable from source; so I would have to include separate (though possibly cut-down) source for n previous packages. It's a horrid prospect and a dreadful kludge of a solution - a maintainer's nightmare. Oliver ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
