Re: A simpler way to configure the source code? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: A simpler way to configure the source code?
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Msg-id 19697.1012351451@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to A simpler way to configure the source code?  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
Responses Re: A simpler way to configure the source code?  (Kaare Rasmussen <kar@kakidata.dk>)
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> The other day, I did a test build of "everything", which involved
> specifying 17 command-line arguments to configure.  This is probably the
> reason why some fringe features are not tested very often: the list of
> options is pretty overwhelming.

"--with-everything"?  Or more usefully, "--with-everything --without-perl"
if, say, you don't have Perl installed.

Or you could just reverse the defaults on all the options, but that'd
likely provoke a revolt.

> I remembered that in the old days PHP had an interactive setup script,

Perl's got one of those too, and I hate it ...
        regards, tom lane


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