Peter, were you going to address this? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Peter Eisentraut wrote: > Tom Lane wrote: > > Bruce's suggestion of somehow checking this in the top Makefile is > > a possibility, but even better would be if creating configure from > > configure.in failed outright. We have an AC_PREREQ in there that > > fails if autoconf is too old, but can we tighten it to also complain > > if too new? > > Yes: > > diff -ur ../cvs-pgsql/configure.in ./configure.in > --- ../cvs-pgsql/configure.in 2007-11-16 21:25:10.000000000 +0100 > +++ ./configure.in 2007-11-16 22:27:36.000000000 +0100 > @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ > > AC_INIT([PostgreSQL], [8.3beta3], [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > -AC_PREREQ(2.59) > +m4_if(m4_defn([m4_PACKAGE_VERSION]), [2.59], [], [m4_fatal([Autoconf version > 2.59 is required])]) > AC_COPYRIGHT([Copyright (c) 1996-2007, PostgreSQL Global Development Group]) > AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/backend/access/common/heaptuple.c]) > AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(config) > > This appears to work with 2.53, 2.59, and 2.61, which are the ones that > affect us at the moment. I can backpatch this all the way to 7.3 if desired. > > -- > Peter Eisentraut > http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/ > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings -- Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://postgres.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
