Re: [HACKERS] URGENT PROBLEM with the 6.3->6.3.1 patch

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: martin(at)biochemistry(dot)ucl(dot)ac(dot)uk
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org, scrappy(at)hub(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] URGENT PROBLEM with the 6.3->6.3.1 patch
Date: 1998-03-23 17:54:52
Message-ID: 199803231754.MAA21356@candle.pha.pa.us
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Marc, can you comment on this.

>
>
> The patch to configure contains the following:
>
> *** 3316,3322 ****
> fi
> rm -f conftest*
>
> ! if test x$ac_cv_prog_gcc = xyes; then
> echo $ac_n "checking whether ${CC-cc} needs -traditional""... $ac_c" 1>&6
> echo "configure:3322: checking whether ${CC-cc} needs -traditional" >&5
> if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_gcc_traditional'+set}'`\" = set"; then
> --- 3316,3322 ----
> fi
> rm -f conftest*
>
> ! if test $ac_cv_prog_gcc = yes; then
> echo $ac_n "checking whether ${CC-cc} needs -traditional""... $ac_c" 1>&6
> echo "configure:3322: checking whether ${CC-cc} needs -traditional" >&5
> if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_gcc_traditional'+set}'`\" = set"; then
>
>
> I am worried that this has undone the patch which was required to get
> configure to run properly with anything other than GCC. (I haven't
> actually tried 6.3.1, but this change affects that area of the code and
> doesn't look healthy...)
>
>
> Andrew
>
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