On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 08:35:53AM +1100, Paul Hampson wrote: > On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 03:23:24PM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 08:00:40AM +1100, Paul Hampson wrote: > > > PostgreSQL requires license changes, and I've not had much luck buiding > > > impetus for this, nor even identified an exact change that would be > > > needed. > > As an aside, it should be possible to connect freeradius to a postgresql > > server using the ODBC module, which is included in the packages (but not > > as a separate binary package, the way the mysql and postgresql are -- > > Paul?) This will obviously cause at least a slight performance hit, but > > it may meet the needs of some users. (We log to mysql here, so.) > And excellent point, which I'll make sure to add to the Readme. > I'm including the PostgreSQL example DB in the package's docs, so that > should work all OK. > I've been splitting out ODBC support locally since the very beginning, > but everytime I mooted it, Wichert Akkerman (amongst others, but he was > at the time gatekeeper to the debian/ dir in CVS, if you're wondering > why I keep invoking him) disagreed on the grounds of archive bloat, > since rlm_sql_iodbc only pulls in the one package (libiodbc2). And rlm_sql_mysql only pulls in libmysqlclient10, and rlm_krb5 only pulls in libkrb53. :) These dependencies should be regarded with parity. > I also promised that I would address _that_ once it was in the archive. > :-) > My personal inclination is to micro-packages, but I _like_ installing > packages. :-) I'm personally rather indifferent on the question. Embedded systems developers and ftp masters are known to have stronger opinions. > (I have a strange sense that my TODO list is starting to grow to match > my available time... :-) You'll have that... -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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