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From Andres Freund
Subject Re: PSA: Autoconf has risen from the dead
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Msg-id 20220124081732.4ravwxbuf42vpzvu@alap3.anarazel.de
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In response to PSA: Autoconf has risen from the dead  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Hi,

On 2022-01-23 11:29:17 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Right now, I'm not sure we care; there seems to be more
> enthusiasm for switching to meson.  But if that idea falls
> through, we should update to a newer autoconf release.

Depending on the number of portability fixes in those releases the
backbranches could be reason enough to move to a newer autoconf, even if we
get to meson in HEAD? Of course only if there's more things fixed than
broken...

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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