Re: 7.0RC2 compile error !

Peter Eisentraut <e99re41(at)DoCS(dot)UU(dot)SE> writes:
>>>> Also, the current configure run will fail if you
>>>> don't have a C++ compiler at all.
>>
>> Fail completely?

> I'm not going to try to prove this now by uninstalling all my compilers
> but this is a known deficiency in autoconf.

Well, what it appears to be is autoconf espousing the same "fail hard"
philosophy that you were just claiming was a good thing ;-). If you ask
it for AC_PROG_CXX and it can't find any working C++ compiler, it gives
up. I have just checked the behavior with no C++ compiler nor gcc in
the PATH, and our configure script will complete if you specify
--without-CXX, but not otherwise.

Definitely seems like a good idea to change to a default of --without-CXX
for 7.1. Is there anyone out there who wants to argue against it?

regards, tom lane