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Re: 7.2.3 patching done

Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>

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From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Cc: Yury Bokhoncovich <byg@center-f1.ru>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Marc Fournier <scrappy@hub.org>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2002-10-01T20:08:24Z
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Bruce Momjian writes:
> 
> > > BTW, is it possible to have just patch against previous version (to reduce
> > > traffic and CPU)? I.e. something like 7.2.2-7.2.3.diff.gz?
> >
> > In some releases, it is possible, in others we add/remove files and it
> > isn't possible.  I think because it isn't always possible we normally
> > don't do it.
> 
> Adding or removing files isn't the problem (see -N option).  Binary files
> are the problem.

Do we change any binary files in minor releases, or even major ones?

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