Thread: Contrib source
So, I needed to build a special PG, for use with xTuple (an ERP). I got the 8.4.4 source, dumped it in a directory in myhome, and put the executable out on a non-standard directory on one of my SSD. Reading Greg Smith's "High Performance..." book, suggested that I needed the postgresql-contrib thingees. Synaptic (ubuntu10.04) had it listed, so I went ahead. I didn't notice that it would do an install of all 8.4!!! From that point forward, I would get a terminal error message about not being able to start PG whenever Synaptic did an update(no "server.key"). I've uninstalled all of PG, and need to do it again, but I'll need the contrib source, and I don'tfind it anywhere. I must not be looking in the right place. Where might that be? thanks, robert
On Thu, 2011-06-30 at 10:46 -0400, gnuoytr@rcn.com wrote: > I'll need the contrib source, and I don't find it anywhere. I must not be looking in the right place. > > Where might that be? http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/source/
D'oh! I didn't recall that it was packaged together, but the contrib source isn't in src, where I looked. Oh well. thanks, Robert ---- Original message ---- >Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 11:04:43 -0400 >From: Reid Thompson <Reid.Thompson@ateb.com> >Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Contrib source >To: gnuoytr@rcn.com >Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org > >On Thu, 2011-06-30 at 10:46 -0400, gnuoytr@rcn.com wrote: >> I'll need the contrib source, and I don't find it anywhere. I must not be looking in the right place. >> >> Where might that be? > > >http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/source/ >
On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 10:17 AM, <gnuoytr@rcn.com> wrote:
D'oh! I didn't recall that it was packaged together, but the contrib source isn't in src, where I looked. Oh well.
IIt's not a separate file, there should be a contrib subdirectory in the source code file.
However, if you're using a packaged pre-built binary, you're pretty much at the mercy of the packager as to which contrib packages are built in (if any) or available separately.
Using a pre-built binary and then building a contrib package from the source code might cause some problems, I've always just built everything from the source code.
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Mike Nolan
nolan@tssi.com
I just got wholly confused. Synaptic makes it appear that *contrib is a separate entity. And the source isn't in a srcsubdirectory, but in the contrib directory directly. If I built PG on a regular basis, I might remember all this. The xTuple folks only support a few PG releases, and with a specific set of modules built in. So, off to build it again. Robert ---- Original message ---- >Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 11:03:52 -0500 >From: Michael Nolan <htfoot@gmail.com> >Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Contrib source >To: gnuoytr@rcn.com >Cc: Reid.Thompson@ateb.com,pgsql-general@postgresql.org > > On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 10:17 AM, <gnuoytr@rcn.com> > wrote: > > D'oh! **I didn't recall that it was packaged > together, but the contrib source isn't in src, > where I looked. **Oh well. > > IIt's not a separate file, there should be a contrib > subdirectory in the source code file. > > However, if you're using a packaged pre-built > binary, you're pretty much at the mercy of the > packager as to which contrib packages are built in > (if any) or available separately. > > Using a pre-built binary and then building a contrib > package from the source code might cause some > problems, I've always just built everything from the > source code. **** > -- > Mike Nolan > nolan@tssi.com
On Thursday, June 30, 2011 9:48:57 am gnuoytr@rcn.com wrote: > I just got wholly confused. Synaptic makes it appear that *contrib is a > separate entity. And the source isn't in a src subdirectory, but in the > contrib directory directly. If I built PG on a regular basis, I might > remember all this. Well contrib is just that, code that is not part of the core Postgres code, but is contributed to the project. This is why it has its own directory. The src directory is for the core Postgres code. Ubuntu packages the contrib code separately for the same reason. The reason it installed the full Postgres code is that the contrib modules cannot run without it and Synaptic had no way of knowing about your existing self built code. > > The xTuple folks only support a few PG releases, and with a specific set of > modules built in. So, off to build it again. > > Robert -- Adrian Klaver adrian.klaver@gmail.com
On 07/01/2011 12:48 AM, gnuoytr@rcn.com wrote: > I just got wholly confused. Synaptic makes it appear that *contrib is a separate entity. And the source isn't in a srcsubdirectory, but in the contrib directory directly. Debian, like most distros, produces several binary packages from a single source package, so you can only install parts of it if you want. It sounds like you installed the binary package for the contrib modules, rather than downloading the source code. If you'd used "apt-get source postgresql-8.4-contrib" (or whatever the package name is) you would've found that the source package it downloaded was just "postgresql-8.4". If you "apt-cache show postgresql-8.4-contrib" you'll see that the source package line will just show "postgresql-8.4" or something like that, and will be the same for most of the other packages like the client and server binary packages. -- Craig Ringer
Yeah, I didn't realize that contrib source is in regular source download, nor did I notice that Synaptic was installing itsown version of PG. The bulb wasn't lit. In all, I think I should have had two installs of PG; the one I built from sourceway back when (and stored out of standard location), and this one. It did, in fact build the standard version. Theonly reason I noticed was the perpetual error message about being unable to start PG due to some "server.key" not beingfound whenever the repository refreshed my machine. I figure that it should be able to start the one it built. I just did a complete removal, and my home brew PG still works fine. I'll worry about adding contrib modules later. Robert ---- Original message ---- >Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2011 07:20:24 +0800 >From: Craig Ringer <craig@postnewspapers.com.au> >Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Contrib source >To: gnuoytr@rcn.com >Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org > >On 07/01/2011 12:48 AM, gnuoytr@rcn.com wrote: >> I just got wholly confused. Synaptic makes it appear that *contrib is a separate entity. And the source isn't in a srcsubdirectory, but in the contrib directory directly. >Debian, like most distros, produces several binary packages from a >single source package, so you can only install parts of it if you want. > >It sounds like you installed the binary package for the contrib modules, >rather than downloading the source code. > >If you'd used "apt-get source postgresql-8.4-contrib" (or whatever the >package name is) you would've found that the source package it >downloaded was just "postgresql-8.4". > >If you "apt-cache show postgresql-8.4-contrib" you'll see that the >source package line will just show "postgresql-8.4" or something like >that, and will be the same for most of the other packages like the >client and server binary packages. > >-- >Craig Ringer