Re: Autoheader plan - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Autoheader plan
Date
Msg-id 11745.1048778963@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Autoheader plan  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> Tom Lane writes:
>> Maybe I'm just a Luddite, but I've never understood what autoheader
>> buys us that's worth the trouble of conforming to its restrictions.

> We wouldn't have to edit the config.h file by hand whenever some editing
> of configure.in occurs.  That's all, but I'm not aware of any real
> restrictions that that would impose.

Mph.  Well, there is some advantage in separating the manually-settable
config options from the automatically set ones (don't have to worry
about whether to edit config.h.in or config.h), so your plan is probably
a good idea in any case.
        regards, tom lane



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