Re: configure --with-uuid=bsd fails on NetBSD

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: configure --with-uuid=bsd fails on NetBSD
Date: 2022-08-21 01:37:32
Message-ID: 3878757.1661045852@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> writes:
> On 2022-08-20 19:39:32 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> In the course of setting up a NetBSD buildfarm animal, I discovered
>> that this is a lie.

> Also recently reported as a bug: https://postgr.es/m/17358-89806e7420797025%40postgresql.org
> with a bunch of discussion.

Ah, I'd totally forgotten that thread :-(. After Peter pointed
to the existence of new UUID format proposals, I kind of lost
interest in doing a lot of work to implement our own not-quite-
per-spec V1 generator.

> Perhaps we should make them error out instead? It doesn't seem helpful to
> just return something wrong...

Yeah, might be appropriate.

regards, tom lane

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