Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Enable probes to work with Mac OS X Leopard and other OSes that - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Enable probes to work with Mac OS X Leopard and other OSes that
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Msg-id 12472.1205878472@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Enable probes to work with Mac OS X Leopard and other OSes that  (Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>)
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Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
> Robert Lor wrote:
>> I was thinking of using a Perl script to generate the dummy header 
>> file but decided against it to avoid disrupting the build on other 
>> platforms. If sed doesn't work on Windows for some reason, we can use 
>> a Perl script instead.

> Perl is required for all MSVC builds, and for all builds from CVS on any 
> platform too, IIRC, so it's a fairly safe bet for any tool you provide.

The key phrase in that is "from CVS".  Changing the sed script to Perl
would introduce an unacceptable new dependency for builds from tarballs.

However, there's nothing wrong with using Perl in the MSVC case,
since those scripts need it anyway.
        regards, tom lane


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