On 2026-05-12 23:06:14 -0700, Igor Korot wrote:
> On Tue, May 12, 2026 at 9:32 PM Laurenz Albe <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I have never seen a client-only source download for PostgreSQL, so you 
> > always
> > had to download the complete source.  What is the problem?  Does your
> > internet connection have a problem with downloading 30MB?
> 
> Its not a problem per se.
> But I know it would make the life of Linux maintainers easier to keep
> a split build.

Not really. Both RPM and Deb (the two package systems I've actually used
to build packages) have had the ability to produce multiple binary
packages from a single source for ages.

        hjp

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