Kevin Brown <kevin(at)sysexperts(dot)com> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Also, the fact that you even had to mention two different ways of doing
>> it is prima facie evidence that there are portability issues...
> Well, that doesn't necessarily follow, but even if it did, we have
> autoconf, we can very easily select a method as appropriate based on
> the results of testing the platform from within configure (I mean,
> what else is autoconf really for?).
True. Probably we could combine it with the old logic as a fallback.
Are you volunteering to do the work?
regards, tom lane