Re: BUG #5802: configure script does not check for perl devel files

From: Gurjeet Singh <singh(dot)gurjeet(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Mario Ohnewald <mo(at)imos(dot)net>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #5802: configure script does not check for perl devel files
Date: 2010-12-28 23:30:06
Message-ID: AANLkTik2dOjmWKRuhAfqm6rBrrrxyjONBeobbSm3DWQU@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 6:22 PM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:

> On tis, 2010-12-28 at 12:19 +0000, Mario Ohnewald wrote:
> > However, during the make, postgres requires perl devel. Should this
> > not be covered in the configure script?
>
> No, it's not configure's job to do the job of make or the compiler.
>
>
What is the difference between this and how libreadline or zlib are checked
by configure? I am referring to the configure error that pronpts us to use
--without-readline.

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