Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 15:31:54 +0100 From: Chris Rees <crees@physics.org> To: Dan Langille <dan@langille.org>,ports@freebsd.org Cc: pgsql@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: postgresql-server depends on client. Why? Message-ID: <A9E867A0-4039-4A3A-A966-D9C154611030@physics.org> In-Reply-To: <6113168A-B58E-4CA2-9EA2-E98D76834845@langille.org> References: <6113168A-B58E-4CA2-9EA2-E98D76834845@langille.org>
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Hi Dan, http://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/databases/postgresql90-server/Makefile?revision=286930&view=markup#l64 It was always supposed to be the case, however I agree that it's probably not necessary. Anyone mind if it doesn't depend? Chris On 17 October 2014 15:12:51 BST, Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> wrote: >Why is postgresql-server dependent upon postgresql-client? > >This wasn’t the case in the past and seems to be the case not. > >Not all server installations need the client. > >In addition, upgrading the client before upgrading the server is >standard procedure: > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/upgrading.html > >i.e. upgrade the client, pg_dump using the new client, then upgrade >server, pg_restore. > >Thanks > >— >Dan Langille -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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