Re: Exposing PG_VERSION_NUM in pg_config

From: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
To: Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Andrew Gierth <andrew(at)tao11(dot)riddles(dot)org(dot)uk>, PostgreSQL mailing lists <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Exposing PG_VERSION_NUM in pg_config
Date: 2015-03-30 22:50:59
Message-ID: 20150330225059.GA7465@fetter.org
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On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 07:29:07AM +0900, Michael Paquier wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 5:39 AM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
>
> > On 3/25/15 1:32 AM, Michael Paquier wrote:
> > > Well, I have no other cases than ones of the type mentioned upthread,
> > > and honestly I am fine as long as we do not apply maths to a version
> > > string. So attached is a patch that adds VERSION_NUM in
> > > Makefile.global.
> >
> > How would you make use of this in an extension makefile?
> >
>
> One use case is regression test list filtering depending on backend version.

So basically, extension writers get to win a Rube Goldberg if they use
it for actually building software :/

Cheers,
David.
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