On 24.01.22 09:11, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 23.01.22 17:29, Tom Lane wrote:
>> While chasing something else, I was surprised to learn that the
>> Autoconf project has started to make releases again. There are
>> 2.70 (2020-12-08) and 2.71 (2021-01-28) versions available at
>> https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/
>
> I have patches ready for this at
> https://github.com/petere/postgresql/tree/autoconf-updates.
I have updated this for 16devel and registered it in the commit fest.
To summarize:
- Autoconf 2.71 has been out for 1.5 years.
- It is available in many recently updated OSs.
- It allows us to throw away several workarounds.
Also:
- The created configure appears to be a bit faster, especially in the
cached case.
- It supports checks for C11 features, which is something we might want
to consider in the fullness of time.
Hence:
> Currently, I think early PG16 might be good time to do this update.