Re: pg_config --version

On Sun, Nov 27, 2016 at 09:12:47AM -0600, Jim Nasby wrote:
> On 11/27/16 12:16 AM, Michael Paquier wrote:
> > date: Thu, 2 Jul 2015 17:24:36 -0400
> > Make numeric form of PG version number readily available in Makefiles.
>
> If you don't want to wait for that,

I wonder whether a back-patch to 9.2 with that would be accepted...

> you can use [1] in shell

I'd like to make as few assumptions about build environments as I can.
I know for sure that people are building my things on platforms like
Windows that I have no way to test, but don't wish to break.

> or Make to accomplish something similar. Looks like there is a
> dotted MAJORVERSION variable going back to at least 9.1,

Good to know. I guess I can rely on there being a GNU make...at least
for now.

> so I could have used that instead of PGVERSION on line 51.
> 1: https://github.com/decibel/pgxntool/blob/master/base.mk#L47-L56

Thanks for sharing :)

Best,
David.
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