Re: [HACKERS] Missing directory when building 8.2.3-base

2007-02-13 Thread Andrew Hammond
On 2/13/07, Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Andrew Hammond wrote: > The FreeBSD database/postgres* ports depend on them. Which is > probably why Marc insists on keeping them. I hesitate to believe that seeing that they don't actually work, whereas we have heard no complaints that the

Re: [HACKERS] Missing directory when building 8.2.3-base

2007-02-13 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Peter Eisentraut wrote: > Andrew Hammond wrote: > > The FreeBSD database/postgres* ports depend on them. Which is > > probably why Marc insists on keeping them. > > I hesitate to believe that seeing that they don't actually work, whereas > we have heard no complaints that the FreeBSD ports don't

Re: [HACKERS] Missing directory when building 8.2.3-base

2007-02-13 Thread Tom Lane
Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Andrew Hammond wrote: >> The FreeBSD database/postgres* ports depend on them. Which is >> probably why Marc insists on keeping them. > I hesitate to believe that seeing that they don't actually work, whereas > we have heard no complaints that the Fre

Re: [HACKERS] Missing directory when building 8.2.3-base

2007-02-13 Thread Andrew Hammond
> > The FreeBSD database/postgres* ports depend on them. Which is probably > > why Marc insists on keeping them. > > Well, I think that's a horrid dependency to have. Other packaging > systems (e.g. the RPM builds) seem quite able to split up a single > unified build into multiple packages - what c

Re: [HACKERS] Missing directory when building 8.2.3-base

2007-02-13 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Andrew Hammond wrote: > The FreeBSD database/postgres* ports depend on them. Which is > probably why Marc insists on keeping them. I hesitate to believe that seeing that they don't actually work, whereas we have heard no complaints that the FreeBSD ports don't work. -- Peter Eisentraut http://d

Re: [HACKERS] Missing directory when building 8.2.3-base

2007-02-13 Thread Andrew Dunstan
Andrew Hammond wrote: On Feb 12, 5:16 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ("Joshua D. Drake") wrote: Peter Eisentraut wrote: Jeroen T. Vermeulen wrote: Is this a known problem? Is there any test procedure that builds the "base" distribution before release? Most of the core team is

Re: [HACKERS] Missing directory when building 8.2.3-base

2007-02-13 Thread Andrew Hammond
On Feb 12, 5:16 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ("Joshua D. Drake") wrote: > Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > Jeroen T. Vermeulen wrote: > >> Is this a known problem? Is there any test procedure that builds the > >> "base" distribution before release? > > > Most of the core team is convinced that the postgresql-

Re: [HACKERS] Missing directory when building 8.2.3-base

2007-02-12 Thread Joshua D. Drake
Peter Eisentraut wrote: > Jeroen T. Vermeulen wrote: >> Is this a known problem? Is there any test procedure that builds the >> "base" distribution before release? > > Most of the core team is convinced that the postgresql-foo tarballs are > useless, but Marc insists on keeping them. But since

Re: [HACKERS] Missing directory when building 8.2.3-base

2007-02-12 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Tom Lane wrote: > There is no "-base version". The split tarballs are a convenience > for downloading over slow lines; it is not intended that you can > build after downloading just some of them. It used to be possible to build at least the -base tarball independently. But again, none of this w

Re: [HACKERS] Missing directory when building 8.2.3-base

2007-02-12 Thread Tom Lane
"Jeroen T. Vermeulen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I built the "-base" version of 8.2.3 today, for installation at a company > I'm helping out. There is no "-base version". The split tarballs are a convenience for downloading over slow lines; it is not intended that you can build after downloadi

Re: [HACKERS] Missing directory when building 8.2.3-base

2007-02-12 Thread Jeroen T. Vermeulen
On Tue, February 13, 2007 01:45, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > Most of the core team is convinced that the postgresql-foo tarballs are > useless, but Marc insists on keeping them. But since they are nearly > useless, no one tests them, so it is not surprising that they don't > work. Well, hurray for

Re: [HACKERS] Missing directory when building 8.2.3-base

2007-02-12 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Jeroen T. Vermeulen wrote: > Is this a known problem? Is there any test procedure that builds the > "base" distribution before release? Most of the core team is convinced that the postgresql-foo tarballs are useless, but Marc insists on keeping them. But since they are nearly useless, no one t