Re: Client-only Meson Build From Sources

Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>

From: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
To: Benjamin Leff <benjamin.w.leff@gmail.com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>, pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2026-01-02T18:48:33Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Hi,

On 2026-01-02 12:43:34 -0600, Benjamin Leff wrote:
> For our use case installing a subset of the tree is sufficient.
> 
> In order of preference / difficulty:
> 1) Subset of tree

What precisely do you mean by this?


> 2) Subset of libs / binaries

Why is 1) peferrable over 2)?


> 3) Configure-time switch to only build client binaries

I really doubt there's interest in going there.


FYI, on the postgres list we try to quote properly, quoting the old message at
the bottom of your email, without any trimming, is likely to lead to fewer
responses.

Greetings,

Andres Freund