Is the right approach for the ./configure script to check for the
existence of the /etc/mandrake-release file as at least an initial
indicator that the compile is happening on Mandrake?
Regards and best wishes,
Justin Clift
Thomas Lockhart wrote:
>
> > If Mandrake wants to be broken, let them - and tell them.
>
> They know ;) But just as with RH, they build ~1500 packages, so it is
> probably not realistic to get them to change their build standards over
> one misbehavior in one package.
>
> The goal here is to get PostgreSQL to work well for as many platforms as
> possible. Heck, we even build for M$ ;)
>
> So, I'm still looking for the best way to add a compile flag while
> making it clear that it is for one distro only. Of course, it would be
> possible to just add it at the end of the flags, but it would be nice to
> do that only when necessary.
>
> Regards.
>
> - Thomas
>
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