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> -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher Browne [mailto:cbbrowne at ca.afilias.info] > Sent: 22 September 2006 16:08 > To: Dave Page > Cc: slony1-general at gborg.postgresql.org > Subject: Re: [Slony1-general] Configure update > > "Dave Page" <dpage at vale-housing.co.uk> writes: > > Unfortunately I found a bug in CVS tip earlier that prevented > > compilation of Slony on Windows with PostgreSQL 8.2. I've corrected > > the bug but it meant that I had to regenerate the configure > > script. I've tested on Linux and Windows and all seems OK, but it's > > probably worth any testers double checking on their platforms as > > we're so close to release. > > Just to be clear about the nature of the resolution... Tell me if I'm > misunderstanding things... > > - The Windows issue required patches to config/acx_libpq.m4 and > makefiles/Makefile.win32, which I see in the patch > > - You then regenerated configure Yes. > If that's the story, I don't see any grand problem with that. You > used version 2.59, when the last "gen" I did used 2.60. I now have > 2.60a installed (apparently that was released in late August); based > on the NEWS file for autoconf, there shouldn't be any grand issues > about compatibility. > > Per NEWS.Debian: > This package should be largely compatible with older Autoconf > releases back to 2.50, and especially with 2.59. > > What's unfortunate is that any little change in the m4 code combined > with variations in autoconf versions has pretty inordinately large > effects on the contents of ./configure Yes, it is annoying. > It's worth doing some extra builds to double-check that everything > compiles, but I don't see this requiring any sort of "full test > cycle." It works fine for me on my dev box (Debian/Linux, IA-32)... I'm just being cautious - don't want to have broken the final release for anyone and not have an excuse :-) /D
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