Re: applications needed for client port?

Neil Dugan wrote:
> I am porting just the front end part of PostgreSQL to the Amiga OS4.
> I have managed to get psql to work.  I intended to get pg_dump and
> pg_dumpall going next.  I was wondering what else is needed to enable
> the PostgreSQL client to work fully, I am only interested in the
> front end (i.e. client) stuff at the moment.

That depends entirely on what you define as a "full client".  Certainly,
psql and pg_dump would be good candidates, but some might consider a
reasonable client to include a GUI, say.

> Also I am interested in what would be needed to intergrate (if
> possible) the changes I have made into the main CVS of PostgeSQL.
>
> There are some difficultes with this,
> 1) I can't run the configure script

Why?

> 2) I have created my own 'pg_config.h' file, and make files (2 so
> far). 3) I had to remove the definitions of the 'struct Node'
>    and 'struct List' leaving only the typedefs, as these
>    conflicted with a lot of standard include files.

Details please.

> Another question I have is how much the fronted changes from version
> to version?

By 37% on average.

No seriously, what do you want to know?

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Peter Eisentraut
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