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On 09:55 Wed 16 Apr , Tiziano Müller wrote: |
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> What do the new ebuilds offer: |
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> a) A split into dev-db/postgresql-{base,server,docs}. Now, I know that |
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> splitting up packages isn't the Gentoo way. I know we could have done it |
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> using USE flags but this approach gives more flexibility due to the current |
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> way how binary packages are being generated and distributed. |
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I'd like to hear some more info on this point. |
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> In general the only thing you have to then do is to uninstall dev-db/libpq |
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> and dev-db/postgresql and install the same version of postgresql-base and |
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> postgresql-server. No revdep-rebuild is needed. |
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> For early adopters: It's best to wait until we changed the dependencies, |
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> afterwards you can unmask the dev-db/postgresql-{docs,base,server} |
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> packages... |
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People want `emerge postgresql` to do something. Otherwise it's not |
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always obvious which random hyphenated packages you're supposed to |
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install, and it's just like you're digging around some huge subpackage |
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list in Ubuntu or Fedora. |
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Thanks, |
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Donnie |
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