Re: A simpler way to configure the source code?

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: A simpler way to configure the source code?
Date: 2002-01-30 00:44:11
Message-ID: 19697.1012351451@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> The other day, I did a test build of "everything", which involved
> specifying 17 command-line arguments to configure. This is probably the
> reason why some fringe features are not tested very often: the list of
> options is pretty overwhelming.

"--with-everything"? Or more usefully, "--with-everything --without-perl"
if, say, you don't have Perl installed.

Or you could just reverse the defaults on all the options, but that'd
likely provoke a revolt.

> I remembered that in the old days PHP had an interactive setup script,

Perl's got one of those too, and I hate it ...

regards, tom lane

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