Re: autoconf trouble in the CVS HEAD - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: autoconf trouble in the CVS HEAD
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Msg-id 476871CB.9070500@dunslane.net
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In response to autoconf trouble in the CVS HEAD  (KaiGai Kohei <kaigai@ak.jp.nec.com>)
Responses Re: autoconf trouble in the CVS HEAD
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KaiGai Kohei wrote:
> I found a tiny fix for configure.in at Nov 26.
>
> http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/configure.in.diff?r1=1.537;r2=1.538;f=h
>
> It seems to me this check enforces us to use autoconf 2.59, not the latest one.
> Is there any reason for this change?
>
> For example, autoconf 2.61 is installed in the Fedora 7, 8 and rawhide,
> so this chage will be troubled for many developers.
>
>
>   

Who does this affect in practice? You don't need to run autoconf to
build postgres, only to change it.

cheers

andrew


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