Tatsuo Ishii <ishii(at)postgresql(dot)org> writes:
> BTW, in my understanding, patch posters do not need to submit a patch
> for configure, a patch for configure.ac is enough since configure will
> be generated by committers anyway (if the patch gets committed).
Right. Even if the submitter includes a diff for configure,
it's best to redo it at the point of commit, just to make sure
it was done with a vanilla version of autoconf.
regards, tom lane