Re: autoconf trouble in the CVS HEAD

KaiGai Kohei wrote:
> I found a tiny fix for configure.in at Nov 26.
>
> http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/configure.in.diff?r1=1.537;r2=1.538;f=h
>
> It seems to me this check enforces us to use autoconf 2.59, not the latest one.
> Is there any reason for this change?
>
> For example, autoconf 2.61 is installed in the Fedora 7, 8 and rawhide,
> so this chage will be troubled for many developers.
>
>
>   

Who does this affect in practice? You don't need to run autoconf to
build postgres, only to change it.

cheers

andrew