Re: BUG #4914: uuid_generate_v4 not present in eithersource or yum/rpm

David Kerr wrote:

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> With regards to Service Request # 10497898141:
>
> Thank you for the response. Since the PostgreSQL project determined
> uuid off by default, the SLES RPMs have been left at the default.
> Recompiling with the settings to turn on uuid is how to enable uuid,
> but recompiling in no something supported.

That seems pretty silly.  Surely if they distribute the OSSP uuid
library they could enable the feature on their packages.

Of course, you can install the contrib module yourself without
recompiling the whole of Postgres, to avoid losing support.

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