[redirecting to -hackers] Re: Tom Lane 2014-05-15 <31008.1400180...@sss.pgh.pa.us> > Sandeep Thakkar <sandeep.thak...@enterprisedb.com> writes: > > Yes, Jakob is right. On 9.4, we had to patch configure script along with > > uuid-ossp.c to resolve the uuid issue. > > I think we need to discuss this on the open pgsql-hackers list. > It seems like we have to either > > (1) hack both configure and uuid-ossp.c to work around the issue > > (2) do something more radical, like adopt Palle's patch to use the > BSD uuid functions. > > Now, (2) sounds a bit scary for a post-beta1 change, but on the other hand > we know that ossp-uuid is a train wreck in progress. Maybe it's time > to do something about it. But that's got to be debated on -hackers not > here.
Fwiw, libossp-uuid is the only non-trivial dependency of postgresql*.{deb,rpm} - I've been to trainings at customer sites more than once where we just had a preinstalled Linux machine with no internet and a set of PostgreSQL packages that needed dpkg --force-depends or rpm --nodeps to install just because the -contrib package needs that lib. So if we got rid of that dependency, life might become a bit easier also in that setting. Christoph -- c...@df7cb.de | http://www.df7cb.de/ -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers