Re: pg_config Makefile includes hyphens in configure arguments

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Joel Burton <joel(at)joelburton(dot)com>
Cc: "Pgsql-Hackers(at)Postgresql(dot) Org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_config Makefile includes hyphens in configure arguments
Date: 2002-05-05 17:52:09
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.30.0205051742230.12960-100000@peter.localdomain
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Joel Burton writes:

> Feeding `pg_config --configure` into configure no longer works, as the
> output of `pg_config --configure` now includes hypens (as in
> "'--enable-cassert' '--enable-debug'"), which configure rejects.

[ apostrophes, I assume ]

Try

eval configure `pg_config --configure`

This allows correct behaviour with arguments that contain spaces.

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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net

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