postgresql-server depends on client. Why?

[Chris Rees]

Hi Dan,

http://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/databases/postgresql90-server/Makefile?revision=286930&view=markup#l64

It was always supposed to be the case, however I agree that it's probably not necessary.

Anyone mind if it doesn't depend?

Chris


On 17 October 2014 15:12:51 BST, Dan Langille <dan at langille.org> wrote:
>Why is postgresql-server dependent upon postgresql-client?
>
>This wasn’t the case in the past and seems to be the case not.
>
>Not all server installations need the client.
>
>In addition, upgrading the client before upgrading the server is
>standard procedure:
>
>  http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/upgrading.html
>
>i.e. upgrade the client, pg_dump using the new client, then upgrade
>server, pg_restore.
>
>Thanks
>
>— 
>Dan Langille

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