Re: [HACKERS] 6.5 cvs: problem with includes in src/interfaces/libpq++/

Oleg Bartunov <oleg(at)sai(dot)msu(dot)su> writes:
> To compile postgres using gcc 2.7.2.1 I had to modify 2 files
> src/interfaces/libpq++/pgconnection.cc
> src/interfaces/libpq++/pgenv.h
> Particularly,
> #include <iostream> to #include <iostream.h>
> #include <strstream> to #include <strstream.h>

I am seeing the same thing here with gcc 2.7.2.2. We need to adopt
a considered policy about whether libpq++ will still support gcc 2.7.*,
not just break it without thinking.

I'd vote for still supporting 2.7.*, but I know that the C++ library
shipped with this gcc release is not real up-to-date. It may not be
practical to support both latest-C++-spec compilers and the older
generation; I'm not sure what the issues are.

If the conclusion is "no", then the configure script ought to be
changed to not try to build libpq++ unless up-to-date libraries
are available.

regards, tom lane