Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2015 13:15:27 +0200 From: Michelle Sullivan <michelle@sorbs.net> To: pgsql@FreeBSD.org Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Proposal to fix postgresql package maintainance nightmare Message-ID: <55AE29CF.5080606@sorbs.net> In-Reply-To: <55AE219F.50501@sorbs.net> References: <20150721094627.GD21594@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> <55AE219F.50501@sorbs.net>
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Michelle Sullivan wrote: > > That is where your proposal will not work for us that have massive > production infrastructure...without modification... sounds very debianish. > > Here's my thought which follows yours mostly (maybe the same, but not > the way I read yours.) > > All postgres* go under /usr/local/postgresql<major><minor> > rc scripts are always version specific (ie > /usr/local/etc/rc.d/postgresql becomes /usr/local/etc/rc.d/postgresql84, > /usr/local/etc/rc.d/postgresql93 etc) > rc.conf stuff becomes version specific (ie postgresql_enable="YES" > becomes postgresql84_enable="YES" etc) > All ports then can be linked to default versions, the default can be in > Mk/bsd.default-versions.mk, and as it is in /etc/make.conf > All pkg tools then have a dependency to which ever is currently set in > the package and if the required lib is not installed you can install it > without a conflict to what is already on the systems... > All client binaries and tools can have symlinks in /usr/local/bin as > necessary with the major/minor suffix, and the "default versions" of the > *clients and tools* can be symlinked without a major/minor version. > Slight addition... metaport's for 'postgresql-server' and 'postgresql-client' seem to be the ideal addition to this (forget the symlinking and pkgconfig - the metaport would take care of that ideally) -- Michelle Sullivan http://www.mhix.org/
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