hello It seems that PG minimal version may be set to 8.4. I tried to built with 8.3 and I have an error with PQconninfoParse (from libpq-fe.h) which has been introduced with PG 8.4.
> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:55:37 +0000 > Subject: Re: [pgadmin-support] pgAdmin III v1.10.2 released > From: dp...@pgadmin.org > To: dale.j.thomp...@noaa.gov > CC: pgadmin-support@postgresql.org > > On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 5:46 PM, Dale J Thompson > <dale.j.thomp...@noaa.gov> wrote: > > I apologize for assuming this was a well known problem. > > > > If it's not feasible to adjust the build to work around this issue, I'd > > suggest the documentation for pgAdmin be updated to clarify that it requires > > 8.3(?) or greater version of postgresql to build. It's certainly not > > reasonable to assume people will be willing to remove their vendor provided > > and supported versions of postgresql, but this documentation update would > > help people to know they need to build a 1.10.0 version if they use Redhat > > 5. That's the rpm I build for my userbase and it mostly works fine. > > Oh, sorry - my comments were aimed at the other devs. They probably > seemed a bit harsh from your perspective. > > The problem is that but restricting ourselves to support of older > versions of libpq, we either lose out on important functionality for > may years, or we have to build pgAdmin in such a way that features get > enabled or disabled based on the version of libpq in use, which leads > to an inconsistent experience that many users won't understand, and > makes it harder to debug problems that crop up. > > Limiting ourselves to a modern libpq shouldn't be an issue for a > number of reasons: > > - it's versioned, so updating it on a machine should not be an issue > if an older version is already installed. > - most users that want a modern pgAdmin will probably use a package > repository that offers them that and also the newer PostgreSQL. > - In the worst case scenario, users can always statically link with a > private copy of the newer version, or install into a private directory > and include the newer libpq there. > > The docs were out of date though - I've fixed that now. > > > By the way, my users where specifically looking for the graphical query > > builder, which was my reason for looking into version 1.10.x of pgAdmin. > > It might be slightly more of a pain to build/distribute if you have > vendor packages for 8.1 installed that you do not wish to touch, but > it shouldn't be an insurmountable problem. > > -- > Dave Page > EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com > PG East Conference: http://www.enterprisedb.com/community/nav-pg-east-2010.do > > -- > Sent via pgadmin-support mailing list (pgadmin-support@postgresql.org) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgadmin-support _________________________________________________________________ Obtenez la version mobile de Messenger ici http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9712964