Amarok + postgreSQL version

[Luk van den Borne]

2005/11/13, Michael Nottebrock <lofi at freebsd.org>:
> On Sunday, 13. November 2005 09:45, Luk van den Borne wrote:
> > When I deinstall postgresql74-server and try install
> > postgresql81-server, I get this message:
> >
> > ===>  postgresql-server-8.1.0 is marked as broken: the port wants
> > postgresql81-client but you have postgresql74-client installed.
> >
> > So I guess the version numbers do have to match. At least according to
> > ports.
>
> Ah, you're running the server on the same machine. I assumed the host you were
> trying to run amarok on was client-only.
>
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But that shouldn't really matter, should it? If I can run a different
client remotely I should also be able to run another client locally,
right? Or what is the philosophy behind this setup?

That locally server and client version should match, in order to
guarantee 100% compatibility (iow: admins should never be locked out
in case of an unforseen interface breakage?). Or is it just a small
bug in the Makefile?

Anyway, running postgres8 now, thanks to the WANT_PGSQL_VER directive.
Thank you!