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: 2003-03-25 23:17:04
Message-ID: 1311.1048634224@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> I want to make pg_config.h.in be automatically generated by autoheader
> so we don't have to edit it by hand, but there is a lot of stuff in
> pg_config.h.in that isn't directly generated by configure, so it needs
> to be moved elsewhere.

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.
Why should we bother?

(The specifics of your plan are fine if we accept the premise that we
should use autoheader, but I'm not sold on the premise...)

regards, tom lane

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