When we where developing the ebuild, I suggested to add the postgres USE flag to allow the installation of OpenERP without requiring a local PostgreSQL server. OpenERP only works with a PostgreSQL database (local or remote) so postgresql-base is always needed as a direct dependency. I suggest to modify current openerp ebuilds to include postgresql-base as a fixed dependency or conditional when postgres USE flag is not selected. That way we can remove the forced postgres USE flag from the ebuild. Applied to current openerp-7.0.20130219-r5 I suggest: @@ -17,10 +17,11 @@ LICENSE="GPL-2" SLOT="0" KEYWORDS="~x86 ~amd64" -IUSE="+postgres ldap ssl" +IUSE="postgres ldap ssl" CDEPEND="!app-office/openerp-web postgres? ( dev-db/postgresql-server ) + dev-db/postgresql-base dev-python/psutil dev-python/docutils dev-python/lxml === OR === @@ -17,10 +17,11 @@ LICENSE="GPL-2" SLOT="0" KEYWORDS="~x86 ~amd64" -IUSE="+postgres ldap ssl" +IUSE="postgres ldap ssl" CDEPEND="!app-office/openerp-web postgres? ( dev-db/postgresql-server ) + !postgres? ( dev-db/postgresql-base ) dev-python/psutil dev-python/docutils dev-python/lxml That said, maybe postgres isn't the correct USE flag name. Maybe localdatabase, localdb or something clearer. postgres USE flag is not there to select between different database engines because OpenERP only works with PostgreSQL. Please, ebuilds experts comment below. Reproducible: Always Actual Results: We can't install OpenERP without installing PostgreSQL server locally. Expected Results: Have an use flag that allow to choose if a local installation of PostgreSQL server is preferred. http://code.google.com/p/yarik-overlay/issues/detail?id=3#c20
Remove the USE=postgres flag is fine. I'm just worried about the average user that just want to emerge openerp (on a clean server for example) and found that he doesn't have a local PostgreSQL database server. Maybe we can include a warning if the ebuild detects that dev-db/postgresql-server package is not installed saying that a PostgreSQL server is needed and you can install one locally with "emerge dev-db/postgresql-server" or configure OpenERP to connect to an instance in another server.
(In reply to Vicente Jiménez Aguilar from comment #1) > Remove the USE=postgres flag is fine. > I'm just worried about the average user that just want to emerge openerp (on > a clean server for example) and found that he doesn't have a local > PostgreSQL database server. > Maybe we can include a warning if the ebuild detects that > dev-db/postgresql-server package is not installed saying that a PostgreSQL > server is needed and you can install one locally with "emerge > dev-db/postgresql-server" or configure OpenERP to connect to an instance in > another server. No warning is necessary. However, a link to a guide would be handy. The postgres USE flag should be removed. The PostgreSQL server is required, but it is not required to be installed locally. It is up to the administrator where they want the server to be installed and is a separate installation process that should not be lumped with this one.
A doc would be great, maybe we could start with a wiki page.. also 1) we need to pass the remote host name in the "emerge --config openerp" step or simply skip for remote server. psqlquery() { - psql -q -At -U postgres -d template1 -c "$@" + psql -q -At -U postgres -d template1 -h ${REMOTE_HOST} -c "$@" } 2) we also need to adjust /etc/openerp/openerp.cfg, to set correct remote host for postgresql server. db_host = ${REMOTE_HOST}
Is this bug outdated? If so, maybe it is then possible to close it?
