| From: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Andrew Gierth <andrew(at)tao11(dot)riddles(dot)org(dot)uk> |
| Cc: | Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Peter Seiderer <ps(dot)report(at)gmx(dot)net> |
| Subject: | Re: configure can't detect proper pthread flags |
| Date: | 2015-03-20 22:44:11 |
| Message-ID: | CA+Tgmoaha4Zg94qWR==tV26WDQeuXLCVjWHOuR0+a3XDOnswEA@mail.gmail.com |
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On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 2:51 PM, Andrew Gierth
<andrew(at)tao11(dot)riddles(dot)org(dot)uk> wrote:
>>>>>> "Robert" == Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> >> Then maybe stderr tests should grep output for a specific option,
> >> the one we're currently testing, not just any noise?
>
> Robert> That sounds awfully fragile to me. It can't really be safe to
> Robert> assume we know precisely what the warning messages will look
> Robert> like.
>
> But how safe is it to assume that a warning message about option '-foo'
> will contain the string '-foo' in it somewhere?
>
> (though the trace output from -x still should be dealt with separately)
I wouldn't like to bet on it. I mean, if the world weren't full of
weird platforms that behave in crazy, messed-up ways, autoconf output
wouldn't look like like noise.
--
Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
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