Re: pgsql: Record full paths of programs sought by "configure".

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(dot)dunstan(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pgsql: Record full paths of programs sought by "configure".
Date: 2017-08-07 19:36:38
Message-ID: 10269.1502134598@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andrew Dunstan <andrew(dot)dunstan(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> On 08/07/2017 03:21 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
>> I'm confused. AFAIK, that commit did not change which "prove" would
>> be used --- at least not unless you change PATH between configure and
>> make. It only changed how specifically that program would be named in
>> Makefile.global. Please clarify how that broke anything.

> That's exactly what we do. See
> <https://github.com/PGBuildFarm/client-code/blob/master/run_build.pl> at
> line 1649.

My goodness, that's ugly. Is it really better than injecting
"PROVE=prove"? (I'd suggest saying that to configure, not make,
so that the configure log bears some resemblance to what you
want done.)

regards, tom lane

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