Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: update files for beta3

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Dave Page <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Subject: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: update files for beta3
Date: 2007-11-16 21:31:12
Message-ID: 200711162231.13923.peter_e@gmx.net
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce's suggestion of somehow checking this in the top Makefile is
> a possibility, but even better would be if creating configure from
> configure.in failed outright. We have an AC_PREREQ in there that
> fails if autoconf is too old, but can we tighten it to also complain
> if too new?

Yes:

diff -ur ../cvs-pgsql/configure.in ./configure.in
--- ../cvs-pgsql/configure.in 2007-11-16 21:25:10.000000000 +0100
+++ ./configure.in 2007-11-16 22:27:36.000000000 +0100
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@

AC_INIT([PostgreSQL], [8.3beta3], [pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org])

-AC_PREREQ(2.59)
+m4_if(m4_defn([m4_PACKAGE_VERSION]), [2.59], [], [m4_fatal([Autoconf version 2.59 is required])])
AC_COPYRIGHT([Copyright (c) 1996-2007, PostgreSQL Global Development Group])
AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/backend/access/common/heaptuple.c])
AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(config)

This appears to work with 2.53, 2.59, and 2.61, which are the ones that
affect us at the moment. I can backpatch this all the way to 7.3 if desired.

--
Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/

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