Thread: UUIDs using e2fs library on Linux in 8.4
In the same spirit as the FreeBSD-native UUID generator that was discussed here a couple months ago, I was able to link Postgres 8.4 against the UUID generator embedded in the Linux ext2fs toolchain. My code is posted at http://www.lmert.com/download/pguuid-for-8.4.tar.gz Unlike on FreeBSD, there isn't a link-conflict issue that requires this; it's just Another Way To Do It. -- David Lee Lambert ... Software Developer, member IEEE, ACM Cell phone: +1 586-873-8813 GPG key at http://www.lmert.com/keyring.txt IM: davidleelambert (Yahoo!) or lamber45@cse.msu.edu (MSN)
On Sat, Feb 07, 2009 at 10:44:48PM -0500, David Lee Lambert wrote: > In the same spirit as the FreeBSD-native UUID generator that was > discussed here a couple months ago, I was able to link Postgres 8.4 > against the UUID generator embedded in the Linux ext2fs toolchain. > My code is posted at > > http://www.lmert.com/download/pguuid-for-8.4.tar.gz > > Unlike on FreeBSD, there isn't a link-conflict issue that requires > this; it's just Another Way To Do It. There's a license conflict issue with that patch, namely that you've used the GPL, which means we can't ship it. Is that license from something else, or would you consider re-licensing it under BSDL-compatible terms? Cheers, David. -- David Fetter <david@fetter.org> http://fetter.org/ Phone: +1 415 235 3778 AIM: dfetter666 Yahoo!: dfetter Skype: davidfetter XMPP: david.fetter@gmail.com Remember to vote! Consider donating to Postgres: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate
On 7 feb, 23:44, da...@fetter.org (David Fetter) wrote: > On Sat, Feb 07, 2009 at 10:44:48PM -0500, David Lee Lambert wrote: > > In the same spirit as the FreeBSD-native UUID generator that was > > discussed here a couple months ago, I was able to link Postgres 8.4 > > against the UUID generator embedded in the Linux ext2fs toolchain. > There's a license conflict issue with that patch, namely that you've > used the GPL, which means we can't ship it. Is that license from > something else, or would you consider re-licensing it under > BSDL-compatible terms? I originally based the code on something else (the "pguuid" project on GBorg; the original author's Hotmail address seems dead). However, I just checked, and no line of code what I posted matches his code, except some "#include" lines and function declarations. I am willing to apply the BSD license to it if I actually can claim the copyright. -- DLL