Re: autoconf trouble in the CVS HEAD

KaiGai Kohei wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
>> KaiGai Kohei wrote:
>>
>>> I found a tiny fix for configure.in at Nov 26.
>>>
>>> http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/configure.in.diff?r1=1.537;r2=1.538;f=h
>>>
>>> It seems to me this check enforces us to use autoconf 2.59, not the latest one.
>>> Is there any reason for this change?
>>>
>>> For example, autoconf 2.61 is installed in the Fedora 7, 8 and rawhide,
>>> so this chage will be troubled for many developers.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Who does this affect in practice? You don't need to run autoconf to
>> build postgres, only to change it.
>>
>
> Indeed, you are correct.
> It is not affect for _many_ developers. :)
>
> However, I added a new configure option (--enable-selinux) in my branch,
> so I got a trouble on running autoconf.
>
> I want to know the reason why the version of autoconf is fixed, to avoid
> this trouble with an appropriate way in my branch.
>
>
>

See discussion thread starting here:

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2007-11/msg00706.php

cheers

andreew