Re: Procedure of modification of autoconf scripts

Tom,

Thank you now it's clear!

On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 5:58 AM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> If you see massive changes in the configure script after a localized
> change in configure.ac, it probably means that you're not using the
> right autoconf version.
>
> Our project convention is to use exactly the GNU release of whichever
> version of autoconf we're on (currently 2.69). A lot of vendors ship
> modified-to-some-extent autoconf versions, which can result in these
> sorts of unwanted changes if you just use whatever is on your
> operating system. Grab the official release off a GNU mirror and
> install it somewhere handy, and use that.
>
> As a test case, try running autoconf and autoheader *without*
> having changed the input files. If the outputs don't match
> what's in git, then you've got something to fix.
>
> regards, tom lane
>

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