Re: Autoheader plan

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Autoheader plan
Date: 2003-03-27 15:29:23
Message-ID: 11745.1048778963@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> Tom Lane writes:
>> Maybe I'm just a Luddite, but I've never understood what autoheader
>> buys us that's worth the trouble of conforming to its restrictions.

> We wouldn't have to edit the config.h file by hand whenever some editing
> of configure.in occurs. That's all, but I'm not aware of any real
> restrictions that that would impose.

Mph. Well, there is some advantage in separating the manually-settable
config options from the automatically set ones (don't have to worry
about whether to edit config.h.in or config.h), so your plan is probably
a good idea in any case.

regards, tom lane

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