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ONEEYEMAN
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 Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2018 1:34 am Post subject: PostgreSQL USe-FLAGS |
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Hi, ALL,
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IgorReinCloud /home/igor/Sybase_16 # emerge -pv postgresql
] * Last emerge --sync was 36d 22h 50m 22s ago.
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild N ] app-eselect/eselect-postgresql-2.3::gentoo 5 KiB
[ebuild N ] dev-db/postgresql-10.5:10::gentoo USE="nls pam readline server ssl zlib -doc -kerberos -ldap -libressl -perl -python (-selinux) -static-libs (-systemd) -tcl -threads -uuid -xml" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python3_6 -python2_7 -python3_4 -python3_5" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_6 -python3_4 -python3_5" 19,810 KiB
Total: 2 packages (2 new), Size of downloads: 19,814 KiB
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The problem is that "server" USE-flag is not covered at [url]this wiki[/url], which should be an official documentation to install the DBMS.
Now do I understand correctly that if I turn that off I will compile and install only PostgreSQL client library and not the server?
Also, it would be nice if someone from the official Gentoo team who handle the PostgreSQL updates that page as it should be an official PostgreSQL documentation for Gentoo. I understand that it is WiKi and anybody can update it, but this page is meant as an official documentation on how to install the DBMS.
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mike155
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| Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2018 2:02 am Post subject: |
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BTW: ufed shows a strange message for USE flag 'server':
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It would be much better to have something like: 'Install the PostgreSQL server' |
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ONEEYEMAN
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| Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2018 2:15 am Post subject: |
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Hi,
Even weirder - from the PostgreSQL-10.5 ebuild:
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pkg_config() {
use server || die "USE flag 'server' not enabled. Nothing to configure."
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So it looks like the "server" USE-flag is required to build the package?
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Hu
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| Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2018 5:27 am Post subject: |
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| No, USE=server is required to configure the package. If you don't have USE=server, none of the things you install can be configured, so there is no point to using emerge --configure in that case. |
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ONEEYEMAN
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| Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2018 5:38 am Post subject: |
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Hu,
Building libpg ( A native client library for PostgreSQL) still requires configuring. You just do:
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configure
cd src/interfaces/libpq
make
make install
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At least that what people at PostgreSQL told me.
But I'm just curious - if I turn off the "server" flag, what will happen? Will I get just libpg built and installed? Or it is for something else?
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Hu
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| Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2018 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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| You are conflating package configuration with build configuration. Yes, you may need to run an autoconf script to prepare the client source for compilation. However, that does not mean there is anything for the system administrator to configure after the package is installed. pkg_config is for system administrators, not for package builders. |
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ONEEYEMAN
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| Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2018 7:11 pm Post subject: |
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Hu,
So turning this USE-flag off means to build just the client libraries?
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Hu
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| Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2018 11:52 pm Post subject: |
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| That is how I interpret the description shown by equery use, yes. |
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