Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Enable probes to work with Mac OS X Leopard and other OSes that

Robert Lor wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>> Well, yes. I meant to say, a build system that can supply the
>> functionality of Gen_fmgrtab can surely implement this new thing. I
>> see there is Perl being used, so it should be simple.
>>
> I was thinking of using a Perl script to generate the dummy header
> file but decided against it to avoid disrupting the build on other
> platforms. If sed doesn't work on Windows for some reason, we can use
> a Perl script instead.
>
>

Perl is required for all MSVC builds, and for all builds from CVS on any
platform too, IIRC, so it's a fairly safe bet for any tool you provide.

cheers

andrew