Re: Changes to handling version numbers internally

From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Changes to handling version numbers internally
Date: 2000-07-05 22:31:02
Message-ID: Pine.BSF.4.21.0007051930180.33627-100000@thelab.hub.org
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you guys missed the key part of my message "if I were to remove all
sources but decide later ..." :) if I remove sources, I no longer have
config-status to work with :)

On Wed, 5 Jul 2000, Peter Eisentraut wrote:

> The Hermit Hacker writes:
>
> > One thought, and with all your recent changes you may have done this, but
> > is there any way of putting some sort of text file as part of the install
> > procedure that "stores" the ./configure command line? Something that, if
> > I were to remove all sources but decide later that I want to add, let's
> > say, multi-byte, I could do 'cat ~pgsql/CONFIGURE' to find out how the
> > system is already compiled?
>
> config.status stores the current configuration. To reuse it, run
> `./config.status --recheck'. If you just want to *know* what the current
> configuration is, then `head config.status' should answer that pretty
> well.
>
> --
> Peter Eisentraut Sernanders vg 10:115
> peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net 75262 Uppsala
> http://yi.org/peter-e/ Sweden
>

Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
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