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Re: [PATCH] Replacement for OSSP-UUID for Linux and BSD - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andres Freund
Subject Re: [PATCH] Replacement for OSSP-UUID for Linux and BSD
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Msg-id 20140529130248.GK27914@awork2.anarazel.de
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In response to Re: [PATCH] Replacement for OSSP-UUID for Linux and BSD  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
Responses Re: [PATCH] Replacement for OSSP-UUID for Linux and BSD  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On 2014-05-29 08:49:38 -0400, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 5/29/14, 8:21 AM, Andres Freund wrote:
> > But I don't see downgrading to an
> > earlier autoconf as something really helpful.
> 
> Well, we could have just hacked up that particular header check to do
> what we want.

Still wouldn't have solved that ossp already didn't work on several
platforms at all anymore and is likely to work on even fewer in 5 years.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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