Re: [ADMIN] compression -Fx "problem" - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [ADMIN] compression -Fx "problem"
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Msg-id 5869.1007501197@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Responses Re: [ADMIN] compression -Fx "problem"  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Re: [ADMIN] compression -Fx "problem"  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> This has got to stop.  We've seen "my cursor keys don't work in psql", now
> we see "compression doesn't work" every so often.  Somehow we have to get
> deterministic output from configure without "paying attention".  Either
> require these libraries by default (my preference) or not, but not "take
> what's there".

So you're thinking "error out unless user said --without-zlib or
--without-readline"?

I could live with that, assuming that the error message mentioned that
switch as the way to build without the library.
        regards, tom lane


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