| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
| Cc: | The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Re: Gripe: working on configure now requires Automake installed locally |
| Date: | 2000-06-15 23:40:31 |
| Message-ID: | 2238.961112431@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
>> ... but, shouldn't automake be a requirement on a developers machine if,
>> and only if, they modify either the Makefile.am files *or*
>> configure.in? Like, it should only be a requirement for a select few of
>> the developers?
> The problem was that I was using the aclocal program, which comes with
> automake and Tom didn't want to install that.
Just to be perfectly clear: I don't have a problem with installing
automake if we come to an agreement that we need to require it as
a build tool. I do have a problem with requirements creep happening
without discussion/consensus. For now, I'd like to see if we can
avoid needing automake...
regards, tom lane
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