Re: Autoconf version discrepancies

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Autoconf version discrepancies
Date: 2000-10-03 12:05:46
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.21.0010031401390.969-100000@peter.localdomain
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Bruce Momjian writes:

> I always telnet into hub to run autoconf. I have a little script in my
> ~momjian/bin directory called pgautoconf that does that, and cvs commits
> the changes.

That's exactly the problem, the version on hub.org is custom-patched for
FreeBSD and has significant loser potential on other platforms.

And really, there's no need to do that either, if you install the original
GNU tarball locally.

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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net http://yi.org/peter-e/

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