| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
|---|---|
| To: | "Dave Page" <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> |
| Cc: | "Magnus Hagander" <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, "Peter Eisentraut" <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, "Alvaro Herrera" <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, "Andrew Dunstan" <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, "Bruce Momjian" <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
| Subject: | Re: About CMake (was Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Append major version number and for libraries soname major) |
| Date: | 2008-12-29 16:47:58 |
| Message-ID: | 8783.1230569278@sss.pgh.pa.us |
| Views: | Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email |
| Thread: | |
| Lists: | pgsql-committers pgsql-hackers |
"Dave Page" <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> writes:
> On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 12:49 PM, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> wrote:
>> ... The point being that I think creating the
>> replacement parts for autoconf are a lot harder than creating them for
>> the make parts of the system.
> I did - in the wxWidgets case, the existing module had some behaved
> badly in a number of ways and needed rewriting from scratch imho, and
> the PostgreSQL module was non-existent (and pretty quick to write). In
> fairness though, I expect the majority of the autoconf stuff that
> would need replacing would be much easier - simple library/header
> checks are very straightforward.
But of course those are just as straightforward in autoconf. It's
the not-straightforward stuff that's going to be a PITA to translate.
regards, tom lane
| From | Date | Subject | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next Message | Michael Meskes | 2008-12-29 17:07:06 | pgsql: First rounf of whitespace changes. |
| Previous Message | Dave Page | 2008-12-29 16:26:15 | Re: About CMake (was Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Append major version number and for libraries soname major) |
| From | Date | Subject | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next Message | Tom Lane | 2008-12-29 16:59:51 | Re: TODO items for window functions |
| Previous Message | Tom Lane | 2008-12-29 16:44:30 | Re: TODO items for window functions |