Re: failing to build preproc.c on solaris with sun studio

On 04.09.22 16:55, Tom Lane wrote:
> I guess we could proceed like this:
> 
> 1. Invent the --with option.  Temporarily make "make check" in ecpg
> print a message but not fail if the option wasn't selected.
> 
> 2. Update buildfarm client to recognize the option and skip ecpg-check
> if not selected.
> 
> 3. Sometime down the road, after everyone's updated their buildfarm
> animals, flip ecpg "make check" to throw an error reporting that
> ecpg wasn't built.

Why is this being proposed?