Hi,
On 2022-07-11 16:17:28 -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 3:54 PM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> > We can't simply move the file list into gen_node_support.pl, because
> > (a) the build system has to know about the dependencies involved, and
> > (b) gen_node_support.pl wouldn't know what to do in VPATH situations.
> > However, we could have gen_node_support.pl contain a canonical list
> > of the files it expects to be handed, and make it bitch if its
> > arguments don't match that.
>
> Sorry if I'm being dense, but why do we have to duplicate the list of
> files instead of having gen_node_support.pl just sort whatever list
> the build system provides to it?
Because right now there's two buildsystems already (look at
Solution.pm). Looks like we'll briefly have three, then two again.
Greetings,
Andres Freund