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diff --git a/package/postgresql/Config.in b/package/postgresql/Config.in index 542f3d44a9..3a2dc6c7b2 100644 --- a/package/postgresql/Config.in +++ b/package/postgresql/Config.in @@ -9,8 +9,53 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPQ default m if CONFIG_DEVEL select BR2_PACKAGE_POSTGRESQL help - PostgreSQL client library. + PostgreSQL is an object-relational database management system (ORDBMS) + based on POSTGRES, Version 4.2, developed at the University of + California at Berkeley Computer Science Department. POSTGRES pioneered + many concepts that only became available in some commercial database + systems much later. + + PostgreSQL is an open-source descendant of this original Berkeley code. + It supports SQL92 and SQL99 and offers many modern features: + + * complex queries + * foreign keys + * triggers + * views + * transactional integrity + * multiversion concurrency control + + http://www.postgresql.org/ + + This package contains the shared client library, needed by other programs. + +config BR2_PACKAGE_PGSQL_CLI + prompt "pgsql-cli - Command Line Interface (CLI) to PostgreSQL databases" + tristate + default m if CONFIG_DEVEL + depends BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPQ + help + PostgreSQL is an object-relational database management system (ORDBMS) + based on POSTGRES, Version 4.2, developed at the University of + California at Berkeley Computer Science Department. POSTGRES pioneered + many concepts that only became available in some commercial database + systems much later. + + PostgreSQL is an open-source descendant of this original Berkeley code. + It supports SQL92 and SQL99 and offers many modern features: + + * complex queries + * foreign keys + * triggers + * views + * transactional integrity + * multiversion concurrency control http://www.postgresql.org/ + This package contains a terminal-based front-end to PostgreSQL. It enables + you to type in queries interactively, issue them to PostgreSQL, and see the + query results. Alternatively, input can be from a file. In addition, it + provides a number of meta-commands and various shell-like features to + facilitate writing scripts and automating a wide variety of tasks. |