On Sat, Feb 07, 2009 at 10:44:48PM -0500, David Lee Lambert wrote: > In the same spirit as the FreeBSD-native UUID generator that was > discussed here a couple months ago, I was able to link Postgres 8.4 > against the UUID generator embedded in the Linux ext2fs toolchain. > My code is posted at > > http://www.lmert.com/download/pguuid-for-8.4.tar.gz > > Unlike on FreeBSD, there isn't a link-conflict issue that requires > this; it's just Another Way To Do It.
There's a license conflict issue with that patch, namely that you've used the GPL, which means we can't ship it. Is that license from something else, or would you consider re-licensing it under BSDL-compatible terms? Cheers, David. -- David Fetter <da...@fetter.org> http://fetter.org/ Phone: +1 415 235 3778 AIM: dfetter666 Yahoo!: dfetter Skype: davidfetter XMPP: david.fet...@gmail.com Remember to vote! Consider donating to Postgres: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
