Re: postgresql HEAD build failure

John Summerfield wrote:
> Alvaro Herrera wrote:

>> Hmm, try deleting the build tree and start again. Sometimes, what
>> happens to me is that somebody adds a new directory, and my build tree
>> does not contain it. It's easy to fix: when I had a slower computer
>> what I did was create the offending directory and symlink the makefile.
>> Nowadays I just wipe the whole thing and let the build directory be
>> constructed again by configure. That gets things in sync.
>
> that, I think, subverts the purpose of cvs and other SCMTs, but...

No, it doesn't. Note that I suggested only deleting the *build* dir,
not the source dir. I use VPATH builds -- I never delete my source
dirs.

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