On Tue, 2002-07-09 at 13:48, Oliver Elphick wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-07-09 at 01:30, Matthew T. O'Connor wrote:
> > > Oh, that is a problem. We would have to require the old executables.
> >
> > Could this be solved with packaging? Meaning can postmasters from old versions
> > be packed with a new release strictly for the purpose of upgrading? It is my
> > understanding that the only old executable needed is the postmaster is that
> > correct? Perhaps this also requires adding functionality so that pg_dump can
> > run against a singer user postmaster.
> >
> > Example: When PG 7.3 is released, the RPM / deb / setup.exe include the
> > postmaster binary for v 7.2 (perhaps two or three older versions...).
>
> That isn't usable for Debian. A package must be buildable from source;
> so I would have to include separate (though possibly cut-down) source
> for n previous packages. It's a horrid prospect and a dreadful kludge
> of a solution - a maintainer's nightmare.
The old postmaster should not be built/distributed. As it is for
_upgrading_ only, you just have to _keep_ it when doing an upgrade, not
build a new "old" one ;)
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Hannu