On 08/07/2014 04:30 PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I know this has been brought up before:
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/20140724080902.GA28113@msg.df7cb.de
For reference, libpq and packaging issues discussed here as well:
http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/53A304BC.40908@pinpointresearch.comhttp://www.postgresql.org/message-id/53989C91.6050403@pinpointresearch.com
>
> But this is just plain wrong. I don't care that the FAQ (on the wiki)
> says we are doing it wrong for good reasons. When I (or anyone else)
> pulls postgresql-$version-dev, I want the libpq for my version. I do
> not want 9.3.
>
> Yes, it "should" (because of protocol compatibility) work but it
> doesn't always (as stated in that email and in a similar problem we
> just ran into).
>
> There can be unintended circumstances on machines when you mix and
> match like that. Can we please do some proper packaging on this?
+1
Cheers,
Steve
