Re: BUG #8271: Configure warning: sys/ucred.h: present but cannot be compiled

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Emre Hasegeli <emre(at)hasegeli(dot)com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #8271: Configure warning: sys/ucred.h: present but cannot be compiled
Date: 2013-07-25 14:48:56
Message-ID: 18520.1374763736@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> On 2013-07-25 09:48:31 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> The proposed patch seems a bit overcomplicated --- isn't the real
>> problem that I changed the ordering of the header probes in
>> be4585b1c27ac5dbdd0d61740d18f7ad9a00e268? I think I just alphabetized
>> them in a fit of neatnik-ism, not realizing that there were order
>> dependencies on some platforms.

> Hm. It very well might be too complicated. I am not exactly a autoconf
> expert...

Ah, I was thinking that AC_CHECK_HEADERS would include the
previously-found headers when checking a particular item, but a bit of
research says that's not so. So we do indeed need something like this.
Will take care of it.

regards, tom lane

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