This is fixed in 7.3beta.
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pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org wrote:
> Richard Lightman (richard@nezumi.plus.com) reports a bug with a severity of 3
> The lower the number the more severe it is.
>
> Short Description
> configure script confused by gcc-3.2
>
> Long Description
> The configure script tries to get gcc's version number into confdefs.h
> gcc-3.0.* outputs one line of text, but 3.2 outputs several lines.
> When confdef.h is included by configure's test programs, gcc-3.2
> complains that multiline string litterals are not allowed.
> Configure assumes that this is a valid result for some test, for
> example it will assume openssl is not installed when it is.
> The example code is a hack that demonstates I have problems using
> autoconf, but despite that, "All 76 tests passed" with this patch.
>
> Sample Code
> diff -urN postgresql-7.1.3/configure postgresql-7.1.3-rcl/configure
> --- postgresql-7.1.3/configure Thu Aug 16 19:36:31 2001
> +++ postgresql-7.1.3-rcl/configure Sat Sep 28 16:30:44 2002
> @@ -1617,7 +1617,7 @@
>
> # Create compiler version string
> if test x"$GCC" = x"yes" ; then
> - cc_string="GCC `${CC} --version`"
> + cc_string="GCC `${CC} --version | head -1`"
> else
> cc_string=$CC
> fi
>
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