Re: Question on inconsistency between PGDG deb "server-dev" and rpm “devel" packages regarding “libpgfeutils.a" - Mailing list pgsql-pkg-yum
On Fri, Nov 7, 2025 at 6:26 PM Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org> wrote:
Re: Manika Singhal
> On Debian-based systems, the postgresql-server-dev package includes the
> static library *libpgfeutils.a*,
Some packages need it, but it's rare and possibly there's ways to
avoid it. Now if I remembered which package that was...
commit fdfa5c42c8e20178e884a91a2366eb9a723dab02
Author: Christoph Berg <christoph.berg@credativ.de>
Date: Tue May 8 15:32:07 2018 +0200
Move libpgport.a, libpgcommon.a, and libpgfeutils.a from libdir to pkglibdir
These static libraries are server-version dependant (though many
functions are compatible), so move them from $libdir to $pkglibdir, i.e.
from /usr/lib/<triplet> to /usr/lib/postgresql/NN/lib.
commit 497ecce60b7c149c7839b371cc1b7d6f390e32ab
Author: Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org>
Date: Sat Mar 26 16:47:11 2016 +0100
Install usr/lib/*/libpgfeutils.a
Christoph
Hi Christoph,
Thank you for your response! And sorry for the late reply.
I understand now that this file libpgfeutils.a is included in debian packages.
But I still wonder why it is still excluded from the RPM packages.
And would that be okay if downstream packagers just go ahead and
include it in RPM packages also?
Or are we required to align with this and keep it as upstream only?
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