Re: What does this configure warning mean?

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: What does this configure warning mean?
Date: 2010-02-22 18:14:51
Message-ID: 201002221814.o1MIEpv12603@momjian.us
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Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Simon Riggs wrote:
>
> > > If you have downloaded a full copy of the source then....
> > > If you are building from a repository checkout ...
> > >
> > > We don't need to use the word tarball, but we do need to say what we
> > > mean. Anyway, its a seldom-used error message and I wouldn't have hit it
> > > if my laptop hadn't needed recovery.
> >
> > With the attached patch, I have updated the message to use the wording
> > "bundled distribution". I think the point about the snapshot tarballs
> > and official releases is that they are "bundled" rather than pulled via
> > CVS.
>
> That's too subtle. I wouldn't figure out what it means if my life
> depended on it (then again, it doesn't).

Well, "official" made no sense. Bundled seemed similar enough to
"tarball". What suggestion do you have?

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