Re: cvs and autoconf

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam H. Pendleton [mailto:fmonkey@fmonkey.net]
> Sent: 18 May 2003 22:23
> To: pgadmin-hackers@postgresql.org
> Cc: Dave Page
> Subject: cvs and autoconf
>
>
> I think I might be a good idea to include all the file produced by
> "./bootstrap" into the CVS tree.  This would allow someone without
> autoconf or automake to grab to CVS tree and compile the program.  I
> also allows us to use the more advanced features of autoconf
> 2.57+ and
> automake 1.7.3+, but not prevent people from compiling on platforms
> without those versions.  For example, on my Mac OS X box, I have only
> autoconf 2.52 and automake 1.6.1.  I can't run ./bootstrap on my
> machine because our configure.ac requires autoconf 2.57.
> Also, we need
> a later version of automake as well.  If "configure" was included in
> the CVS tree, then I could download and compile pgadmin3 on my Mac
> without having to create configure on my linux box first.  What does
> everyone think?

Sounds OK to me. Do you need *all* files, or just a selection? It would
be nice to minimise it to whatever is strictly necessary.

BTW, you have an OS X box? Does pgAdmin compile on it?

Regards, Dave.