On Feb 12, 5:16 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ("Joshua D. Drake") wrote: > Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > Jeroen T. Vermeulen wrote: > >> Is this a known problem? Is there any test procedure that builds the > >> "base" distribution before release? > > > Most of the core team is convinced that the postgresql-foo tarballs are > > useless, but Marc insists on keeping them. But since they are nearly > > useless, no one tests them, so it is not surprising that they don't > > work. > > Why do we keep them again? I can't recall at any point in the life of > CMD us ever using the -foo tarballs. Not to mention they just take up space. > > Let's dump them.
The FreeBSD database/postgres* ports depend on them. Which is probably why Marc insists on keeping them. Andrew ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings