Re: [HACKERS] plPHP in core? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Doug McNaught
Subject Re: [HACKERS] plPHP in core?
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Msg-id 87d5tab6l5.fsf@asmodeus.mcnaught.org
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] plPHP in core?  (Robert Treat <xzilla@users.sourceforge.net>)
Responses Re: [HACKERS] plPHP in core?  (Robert Treat <xzilla@users.sourceforge.net>)
Re: [HACKERS] plPHP in core?  (Martín Marqués <martin@bugs.unl.edu.ar>)
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Robert Treat <xzilla@users.sourceforge.net> writes:

> If by "stripped down" you mean without postgresql database support then
> I'll grant you that, but it is no different than other any other pl
> whose parent language requires postgresql to be installed.  If packagers
> are able to handle those languages than why can't they do the same with
> PHP ?

Other languages don't require PG to be installed in order to compile
them.  For example, you can build Perl (with no Postgres on the
system), build Postgres and then build DBD::Pg as a completely
separate step.

-Doug

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