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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Introduce ENDLIST to terminate multiline makefile lists
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Msg-id 2741126.1766978626@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Introduce ENDLIST to terminate multiline makefile lists  (Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>)
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Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz> writes:
> On Mon, Dec 29, 2025 at 09:43:30AM +0800, Chao Li wrote:
>> Note that since ENDLIST is defined in Makefile.global.in, this change
>> requires rerunning ./configure.

> FWIW, I don't see an advantage in this proposal, and it has the
> disadvantage of more maintenance if one needs to create a new list.
> The current state of things is simpler.

Same here.  This is a new bit of notation that everyone reading our
Makefiles will need to understand, and I don't think it's worth
the extra cognitive burden.

            regards, tom lane

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