Re: postgresql-7.4

["Marsh J. Ray" <marsh.lists.openbsd.org@mysteray.com>]

Anil Madhavapeddy wrote:

> Are there any ports of postgresql-7.4 floating around?   No response 
> from maintainers, I'm starting on one. 

Someone else posted the same thing a few months ago. I don't think they 
were heard from again.

I found a manual install according to the PG's INSTALL instructions to 
go smoothly. I turned off just about all the ./configure options I could 
find.

The port doesn't seem to be actively maintained, which is a shame 
because OpenBSD and PostgreSQL both have similar capitalization schemes 
in their names. Once we get SMP, it could be a great platform for a 
great database.

The old port was adding patches that didn't apply properly to the new 
version, nor was it clear to me why they were needed.

I would like a port with just a minimal server configuration, and a 
minimal client configuration.

- Marsh