Re: failing to build preproc.c on solaris with sun studio

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
Cc: John Naylor <john(dot)naylor(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Michael Meskes <meskes(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: failing to build preproc.c on solaris with sun studio
Date: 2022-09-04 13:46:31
Message-ID: 442b85f1-8a69-1282-36b0-1bba2aca0d85@dunslane.net
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On 2022-09-02 Fr 13:56, Tom Lane wrote:
> Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> writes:
>> I also wonder if we shouldn't just make ecpg optional at some point. Or even
>> move it out of the tree.
> The reason it's in the tree is to ensure its grammar stays in sync
> with the core grammar, and perhaps more to the point, that it's
> possible to build its grammar at all. If it were at arm's length,
> we'd probably not have noticed the conflict over STRING in the JSON
> patches until unpleasantly far down the road (to mention just the
> most recent example). However, those aren't arguments against
> making it optional-to-build like the PLs are.
>
>

That seems reasonable. Note that the buildfarm client would then need an
extra build step.

cheers

andrew

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