Andrew, Greg, Thanks for your infomation.
I've skimed through the thread.
It seems to me that using autoconf-2.59 and applying a patch to pre-built
configure is the most appropriate way to add an original configure option.
Thanks,
Greg Smith wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Dec 2007, KaiGai Kohei wrote:
>
>> It seems to me this check enforces us to use autoconf 2.59, not the
>> latest one.
>> Is there any reason for this change?
>
> 2.59 is the stable version of autoconf PostgreSQL 8.3 is built against,
> and the check keeps anyone from accidentally running it against other
> versions. Since as you've noticed some popular OSes have switched to
> 2.61, that test was put in there to keep people building a new configure
> to give out to everyone from accidentally building against the wrong
> version. The brutally long thread at
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2007-11/msg00706.php gives
> more background on this topic.
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