Re: Problems with linking against PostgreSQL 8.4

On 12/06/2013 08:42 PM, Pavel Raiskup wrote:
>>> I see that the symbol was added to PostgreSQL project in ~2010 and it
>>> seems to be a problem.  Should I expect that newer drivers are able to be
>>> run against older (still supported by PostgreSQL community) PostgreSQL
>>> server, namely 8.4.13?
>>
>> You need to compile against a newer libpq but after that,
>> you can connect to an older server.
>
> Ah yes, that would be possible, thanks!  But still, if that is expected -
> we should at least check older libpq's via configure.ac and blacklist
> them, or?

Yeah, a configure test would be nice. Patches are welcome ;-)

- Heikki