On May 26, 2014, at 6:07 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> This means that if we want to give users control over which implementation
> gets selected, we actually need *three* configure switches. In the
> attached revision of Matteo's patch, I called them --with-ossp-uuid
> (the existing switch name), --with-linux-uuid, and --with-bsd-uuid.
> I'm not necessarily wedded to the latter two names; in particular it seems
> unfortunate that the right one to use on OS X is --with-linux-uuid.
> But I think --with-e2fsprogs-uuid is right out, so it's not clear what
> would be better.
How about --with-unix-uuid? Or --with-ext2-uuid?
Which one is the default -- or is there one? Should we use some sort of mapping to select the right switch by platform,
orif ossp-uuid appears to be installed?
Best,
David
