Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
>> We could offer a --with switch to manually choose the default, too.
> Good idea, yes. Not sure if we need a --with switch because they can
> just edit the postgresql.conf or postgresql.conf.sample file.
Well, we have a --with switch for DEF_MAXBACKENDS, so one for the
default number of buffers doesn't seem too unreasonable. I wouldn't
bother with it if configure didn't have to touch the value anyway...
but it's just another line or two in configure.in...
regards, tom lane