Re: zlib for pg_dump

From: Philip Warner <pjw(at)rhyme(dot)com(dot)au>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: zlib for pg_dump
Date: 2000-07-06 16:25:27
Message-ID: 3.0.5.32.20000707022527.026c99c0@mail.rhyme.com.au
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At 18:13 6/07/00 +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>
>The bottom line is, the packager/builder needs a way to specify what
>exactly is going to be built.
>

What about a compromise: --enable-zlib, --disable-zlib.

configure should check for zlib if neither of these is specified, otherwise
if just uses these.

You also need to be careful: if --enable-zlib is specified and configure
could not find zlib.h, something needs to be done...

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