> ISTR this question coming up before, but I couldn't find an answer. Is
> there a reason we don't build versions of pg_dump and pg_dumpall that
> are statically linked against libpq so they can be run uninstalled as
> part of a migration process? I should have thought that this would be
> extremely easy - just a few Makefile changes. Then the recommended
> procedure could go 1. build. 2 dump using static pg_dump/pg_dumpall. 3
> stop old server. 4 move old installation aside. 5. install new build. 6
> initdb. 7 restore.
+1
Just add -static to the CFLAGS in src/bin/pg_dump/Makefile IIRC.
I do this all the time :)
Chris
