On 05.11.2013 12:22, Oskari Saarenmaa wrote:
This makes it easy to see if the binaries were built from a real release or if they were built from a custom git tree.
Hmm, that would mean that a build from "git checkout REL9_3_1" produces a different binary than one built from postgresql-9.3.1.tar.gz tarball.
I can see some value in that kind of information, ie. knowing what patches a binary was built with, but this would only solve the problem for git checkouts. Even for a git checkout, the binaries won't be automatically updated unless you run "configure" again, which makes it pretty unreliable.
-1 from me. PS, the git command in the patch doesn't work with my version of git: $ git describe --tags --long --dirty HEAD fatal: --dirty is incompatible with committishes $ git --version git version 1.8.4.rc3 - Heikki -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
