On 2014-12-12 10:20:58 -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > Peter Eisentraut <pete...@gmx.net> writes: > > On 12/12/14 8:13 AM, Andres Freund wrote: > >> Wouldn't a make install-server/client targets or something similar > >> actually achieve the same thing? Seems simpler to maintain to me. > > > Adding non-standard makefile targets comes with its own set of > > maintenance issues. > > It would be of zero value to packagers anyway; certainly so for those > following the Red Hat tradition, in which you tell the package Makefile > to install everything and then what goes into which subpackage is > sorted out in a separate, subsequent step. Possibly Debian or other > packaging infrastructures do it differently, but I doubt that.
Debian has that step as well - you don't really have to use it, but the postgres debian packages do so. They already don't adhere to the current distinction. Greetings, Andres Freund -- Andres Freund http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
