On 5/4/2017 2:19 AM, Magnus Hagander wrote:
On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 11:31 PM, John R Pierce <pierce@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 5/3/2017 2:20 PM, Magnus Hagander wrote:
Please note that this method of building libpq has been removed from Postgres 10, so it's considered to be deprecated for quite some time.
this page https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/install-windo probably should be updated then.ws-libpq.html
That page is completely gone in version 10. If you look at https://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/install- you will notice the entire 17.2 section has been removed, as well as the text on the root page referring to it.windows.html
well, dropped in the latest not-yet-released version doesn't really make it 'deprecated for quite some time'. if this has been the long term intention, the docs should have reflected this some revisions back.
I still think the Windows packagers (<cough>EnterpriseDB</cough>) should have a client-only package which has options to just install the libs, or the libs + client utils (psql, pg_dump/restore/dumpall and optionally pg_admin). I realize that this wouldn't be /that/ much smaller than the whole 9 yards, but its a psychological thing for the end user, they think of the server as 'heavy', also would be good for automated client deployments in business envirnoments.
