Re: Module incompatibility detection between 8.0 and 8.1 - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Module incompatibility detection between 8.0 and 8.1
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Msg-id 18322.1131719870@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Module incompatibility detection between 8.0 and 8.1  (Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org>)
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Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> writes:
> On Thu, Nov 10, 2005 at 11:29:15PM +0100, Olivier Thauvin wrote:
>> To fix the issue, I will add a provide into postgresql-server package,
>> something like postgresql-ABI =3D 8.1, add equivalent requires into modules.

> There is some discussion about this on -hackers. It'll probably happen
> at some stage but the actual method is not clear yet.

I haven't noticed any discussion, but: an extra provides-symbol seems 
completely useless to me.  Just make the external modules depend on
postgresql-server-8.1.

If you do want to discuss this, pgsqlrpms-hackers@pgfoundry.org would
be the place; the general hackers list does not concern itself with
RPM packaging details.
        regards, tom lane


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