Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 09:32:04 +0100 From: Luk van den Borne <luktheluckyboy@gmail.com> To: Michael Nottebrock <lofi@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Amarok + postgreSQL version Message-ID: <7b1df2440511130032r3bfd3f62j@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200511130847.40792.lofi@freebsd.org> References: <7b1df2440511111423u7495a644k@mail.gmail.com> <200511130847.40792.lofi@freebsd.org>
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2005/11/13, Michael Nottebrock <lofi@freebsd.org>: > On Friday, 11. November 2005 23:23, Luk van den Borne wrote: > > > I was wondering how (and if) I can select what version of postgreSQL > > is installed as a dep of amaroK. I'm experimenting with postgres 8.x, > > and I do not want to run two seperate database backends. By default, > > postgresql-client-7.4.9 is installed. > > FWIW, I'm pretty sure that you can make connections to a postgresql 8.x > database server using the 7.4 client just fine and you wouldn't need to r= un > separate backends, but anyway: > Oh, I did not realise that. I assumed the split was only made in case you only need a server or a client, but that the versions should match by all means. Thank you for enlightening me. > Set the WANT_PGSQL_VER variable to the number suffix of the postgresql po= rts > you want - /etc/make.conf is a good place for this: > > For a value use 'XY' from the postgresqlXY-client|server ports, for insta= nce > > WANT_PGSQL_VER=3D73 will adjust dependencies to postgresql73-client|serve= r > > and > > WANT_PGSQL_VER=3D80 will adjust dependencies to postgresql80-client|serve= r > Is this confguration directive documented somewhere? Of course I did some searching before posting on this mailing lists, but I was not able to find it. > > Note that this only works for ports - the binary packages available on th= e > FreeBSD ftp mirrors are always built against the default dependencies. > > -- > ,_, | Michael Nottebrock | lofi@freebsd.org > (/^ ^\) | FreeBSD - The Power to Serve | http://www.freebsd.org > \u/ | K Desktop Environment on FreeBSD | http://freebsd.kde.org > > >
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