postgresql packaging questions

[Reini Urban]

Reini Urban schrieb:
> 2008/3/6, Dr. Volker Zell <dr.volker.zell@oracle.com>:
>>  setup.ini claims the following:
>>  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>  @ libecpg-compat1
>>  sdesc: "Older version of run-time library for ECPG programs"
>>  ldesc: "The ecpg_compat.dll shared library is used by programs built with ecpg.
>>  (Embedded PostgreSQL for C).
>>  .
>>  PostgreSQL is an object-relational SQL database management system."
>>  category: Libs
>>  [test]
>>  version: 7.4.5-1
>>
>>  @ libecpg4
>>  sdesc: "Run-time library for ECPG programs"
>>  ldesc: "The ecpg.dll shared library is used by programs built with ECPG
>>  (Embedded PostgreSQL for C).
>>  .
>>  PostgreSQL is an object-relational SQL database management system."
>>  category: Libs
>>  requires: libecpg-compat1
>>  [test]
>>  version: 7.4.5-1
>>
>>  @ libpgtypes1
>>  sdesc: "Shared library pgtypes.dll for PostgreSQL 7.4.x"
>>  ldesc: "The pgtypes shared library is used by programs built with ecpg.
>>  (Embedded PostgreSQL for C).
>>  .
>>  PostgreSQL is an object-relational SQL database management system."
>>  category: Libs
>>  [test]
>>  version: 7.4.5-1
>>  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>  Are these really test versions or actually old dll versions from the
>>  post 8.0.7 area ?
> 
> Right, the [test] looks wrong. I'll check it where this comes from.

I have no idea where this was coming from. Should be [prev]

> 8.1.4-2 was a memory hog, 8.2.5-1 was better and very well tested,
> 8.2.6-1 is the currently best version, but I'm not confident enough to
> upload it.
> 8.3.0 should be really good, but I haven't enough time to test it yet.

I've found time for 8.3.0, and it doesn't look good at all.
So I will fall back to 8.2.6, until I get the necessary fixes upstream 
included.
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