> One of our clients suggested that the installation document[1] lacks > description > about requriements of installing *-devel packages. For example, > postgresqlxx-devel > is required for using --with-pgsql, and openssl-devel for --with-openssl, and > so on, > but these are not documented. > > [1] http://www.pgpool.net/docs/pgpool-II-3.7.4/en/html/install-pgpool.html > > I know the document of PostgreSQL[2] also lacks the description about > openssl-devel, > kerberos-devel, etc. (except to readline-devl). However, it would be > convenient > for users who want to install Pgpool-II from source code if the required > packages > for installation are described in the document explicitly. > > [2] https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/install-requirements.html > > Is it not worth to consider this?
I am against the idea. Development package names could differ according to distributions/OS. For example, the developement package of OpenSSL is "openssl-dev", not "openssl-devel" in Debian or Debian derived systems. Another reason is, a user who is installaing software from source code should be familiar enough with the fact that each software requires development libraries. In summary adding not-so-complete-list-of-development-package-names to our document will give incorrect information to novice users, and will be annoying for skilled users. > BTW, the Pgpool-II doc[2] says: > > --with-memcached=path > Pgpool-II binaries will use memcached for in memory query cache. You have > to install libmemcached. > > , but maybe libmemcached-devel is correct instead of libmemcached? I don't think so. "libmemcached-devel" is just a package name in a cetain Linux distribution. "libmemcached" is a more geneal and non distribution dependent term. Best regards, -- Tatsuo Ishii SRA OSS, Inc. Japan English: http://www.sraoss.co.jp/index_en.php Japanese:http://www.sraoss.co.jp
