On Tue, 2002-07-09 at 13:48, Oliver Elphick wrote: > 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.
The old postmaster should not be built/distributed. As it is for _upgrading_ only, you just have to _keep_ it when doing an upgrade, not build a new "old" one ;) -------------- Hannu ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
