Re: Autoconf version discrepancies

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Autoconf version discrepancies
Date: 2000-10-03 03:46:43
Message-ID: 200010030346.XAA11646@candle.pha.pa.us
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I always telnet into hub to run autoconf. I have a little script in my
~momjian/bin directory called pgautoconf that does that, and cvs commits
the changes.

> I have noticed that some operating system distributors ship custom-patched
> versions of Autoconf. That is pretty brain-dead because some of the
> changes make things work worse on other systems.
>
> Therefore I would recommend that everybody install the original
> autoconf-2.13.tar.gz from GNU and not use anything that comes with their
> operating system. That includes the installation on hub.org.
>
> --
> Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net http://yi.org/peter-e/
>
>

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