"Lee, Patricia S." <Patricia.Lee@unisys.com> writes:
> Is there any documentation out there regarding the process used by the
> postgreSQL development team on how Autoconf is used to create template
> files for configuration of different operating systems (e.g. MinGW on
> Windows, Red Hat Linux, etc.) and/or different hardware systems (e.g.
> Intel processor, Spark, some Mainframe, etc.--possibly using cross
> compilation tools, etc.)?
Read the autoconf manual ...
http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/index.html
regards, tom lane