From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 17 14:33:00 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C13BBF9D; Fri, 17 Oct 2014 14:33:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mk-outboundfilter-1.mail.uk.tiscali.com (mk-outboundfilter-1.mail.uk.tiscali.com [212.74.114.37]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 145CFEBA; Fri, 17 Oct 2014 14:32:59 +0000 (UTC) X-Trace: 131908096/mk-outboundfilter-1.mail.uk.tiscali.com/PIPEX/$ON_NET_AUTH_ACCEPTED/pipex-temporary-group/81.170.79.154/-4.0/crees@physics.org X-SBRS: -4.0 X-RemoteIP: 81.170.79.154 X-IP-MAIL-FROM: crees@physics.org X-SMTP-AUTH: bayofrum@uwclub.net X-MUA: K-9 Mail for Android X-IP-BHB: Once X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ai8HAEAnQVRRqk+aPGdsb2JhbABbgw5TWIMGx1CBdIdKAoEPFwEGAQEBATg7hAMBAQQjDwEjIxALBBQqAgI5ChQGAQ0FCYg2BAm3NZR8AQEBAQEBAQMBAQEBAQEBAQEBAReLAYR7AQENQgcJgm42gR4FlkaIQzyDCoJaGJIsawEBgQYHF4ElAQEB X-IPAS-Result: Ai8HAEAnQVRRqk+aPGdsb2JhbABbgw5TWIMGx1CBdIdKAoEPFwEGAQEBATg7hAMBAQQjDwEjIxALBBQqAgI5ChQGAQ0FCYg2BAm3NZR8AQEBAQEBAQMBAQEBAQEBAQEBAReLAYR7AQENQgcJgm42gR4FlkaIQzyDCoJaGJIsawEBgQYHF4ElAQEB X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.04,739,1406588400"; d="scan'208,217";a="131908096" X-IP-Direction: OUT Received: from 81-170-79-154.dynamic.dsl.as9105.com (HELO pegasus.bayofrum.net) ([81.170.79.154]) by smtp.pipex.tiscali.co.uk with ESMTP; 17 Oct 2014 15:32:53 +0100 Received: from [10.195.87.23] (unknown [149.254.186.42]) by pegasus.bayofrum.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7172E64607; Fri, 17 Oct 2014 15:32:44 +0100 (BST) User-Agent: K-9 Mail for Android In-Reply-To: <6113168A-B58E-4CA2-9EA2-E98D76834845@langille.org> References: <6113168A-B58E-4CA2-9EA2-E98D76834845@langille.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: postgresql-server depends on client. Why? From: Chris Rees Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 15:31:54 +0100 To: Dan Langille ,ports@freebsd.org Message-ID: X-bayofrum-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-bayofrum-MailScanner-ID: 7172E64607.AD31A X-bayofrum-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-bayofrum-MailScanner-From: crees@physics.org X-Spam-Status: No Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: pgsql@FreeBSD.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 14:33:01 -0000 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 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.