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From: Magnus Hagander <[email protected]>
To: Maciek Sakrejda <[email protected]>
Cc: PostgreSQL on Debian and Ubuntu <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: postgresql-contrib package
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2020 10:09:29 +0100
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On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 12:24 AM Maciek Sakrejda <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I had a question about Postgres packaging. We're revamping some
> documentation, and some of our features depend on pg_stat_statements and
> auto_explain, and we want to guide our users to installing these if they
> are not already available. I know that for a while, both pg_stat_statements
> and auto_explain were available via the postgresql-contrib package, but now
> it appears that this is a virtual package that just ensures installation of
> the main server package? Is it no longer necessary to install contrib
> separately on modern systems? I looked through the packaging wiki and faq
> to try to find more details, but I did not find any info.
>
>
Correct, modern versions on Debian include those modules that used to be in
the contrib package in the main package instead.

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