Re: autoconf trouble in the CVS HEAD

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: KaiGai Kohei <kaigai(at)ak(dot)jp(dot)nec(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: autoconf trouble in the CVS HEAD
Date: 2007-12-19 01:20:11
Message-ID: 476871CB.9070500@dunslane.net
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KaiGai Kohei wrote:
> I found a tiny fix for configure.in at Nov 26.
>
> http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/configure.in.diff?r1=1.537;r2=1.538;f=h
>
> It seems to me this check enforces us to use autoconf 2.59, not the latest one.
> Is there any reason for this change?
>
> For example, autoconf 2.61 is installed in the Fedora 7, 8 and rawhide,
> so this chage will be troubled for many developers.
>
>
>

Who does this affect in practice? You don't need to run autoconf to
build postgres, only to change it.

cheers

andrew

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