Re: libpq.so.2 and postgresql-libs-7.3.3 RPM - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Lamar Owen
Subject Re: libpq.so.2 and postgresql-libs-7.3.3 RPM
Date
Msg-id 200306292152.52492.lamar.owen@wgcr.org
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In response to libpq.so.2 and postgresql-libs-7.3.3 RPM  (Robert L Mathews <lists@tigertech.com>)
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On Saturday 28 June 2003 23:31, Robert L Mathews wrote:
> The problem was that the postgresql-libs-7.3.3-1 RPM package advertises
> itself as providing libpq.so.2, when in fact it does not do so: it
> provides only libpq.so.3.

You're right; they're different.  Recompile the client; 'rpmbuild --rebuild'
is they way to go.

> Anyway: unless I'm missing something, shouldn't the "Provides:
> libpq.so.2" be removed from the RPM source spec to prevent this problem?

Yes.  I will do that for the next release.

> Alternately, if it _is_ safe to symlink to libpq.so.3, shouldn't the RPM
> do that?

No.
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Lamar Owen
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