Re: psqlODBC 08.02.0300 doesn't compile

From: Dave Page <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Hiroshi Saito <z-saito(at)guitar(dot)ocn(dot)ne(dot)jp>, pgsql-odbc(at)postgresql(dot)org, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Subject: Re: psqlODBC 08.02.0300 doesn't compile
Date: 2007-04-25 15:29:05
Message-ID: 462F73C1.8060007@postgresql.org
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Tom Lane wrote:
> There's another issue with the psqlodbc tarball, which has been there
> awhile but I only just realized what it is: you are shipping aclocal.m4,
> which is a derived file, without providing the upstream files needed to
> recreate it. Specifically, there's no sign of a source file for the
> PGAC_xxx macros needed by configure.ac.
>
> This makes life difficult for packagers who need to re-run aclocal
> (in my case, because Red Hat ships a different automake version than
> you guys are using). I believe it's also a violation of the LGPL.

Hmm, thats how Peter designed it for us so we didn't have to have our
own copies of all the PG macros iirc. I don't have enough autoconf foo
to know how best to fix it though. Peter?

Regards, Dave

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