Re: "expected authentication request from server, but

On Mon, 26 Sep 2005, Michael Paesold wrote:

>>>> to be something else than the libpq expects. But how to fix it?! Has the
>>>> protocol change or what?
>>> 
>>> Umm, I think the protocol version is up to 3 or 4 now. I think libpq
>>> supports all the way back to 7.0, I don't know if anyone tests earlier
>>> than that.
>>> 
>>> If you really need this to work, I suggest pulling the libpq from that
>>> release (CVS or tarball) or slightly later and installing that on the
>>> new machines.
>> 
>> Heh, that's what I'm currently doing, but it's not so easy to compile 6.4 
>> on a new system. configure states that the compiler cannot create 
>> executables, but I ripped this check out of it. Anyway, something goes 
>> wrong while generating the Makefile:
>
> Try to compile 7.0 or 7.1, those versions will probably still support the 6.4 
> wire protocol. I am sure someone with more historical knowledge (or reading 
> the release notes back to 6.4) can exactly tell you the latest version 
> compatible with 6.4.

OK. It worked with 7.4 + DBD not newer than 1.22 - more recent versions 
simply make perl to dump core while connecting to postgres. ;)
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