PostgreSQL portfile outdated

[David Christopher Zentgraf]

On  30. Aug 2007, at 14:36, Jyrki Wahlstedt wrote:

> Yes,
> sorry for the inconvenience, but if you look deeper, you see that  
> all ports with the version number attached, build fine. The reason  
> for this is the format incompatibility between different versions,  
> e.g. the format of 8.1 database is different from 8.0 &c. The  
> latest port is postgresql82 (with two additional ports, ~-doc for  
> documentation and ~-server for startupitems).
> The port postgresql is still there, but it is not maintained (if  
> you look port info, it says nomaintainer). It will probably be  
> removed in the future.
> PS You can use port search feature to find similar ports, e.g.  
> 'port search name:postgresql' gives you a list of all ports  
> containing postgresql.

Yes, I found the same in the meantime, didn't look deep enough at  
first. :)
The dysfunctional postgresql port should indeed be canned soon.

Thanks, cheers,
Dav