Re: [HACKERS] 6.5 cvs: problem with includes in src/interfaces/libpq++/

> Oleg Bartunov <oleg@sai.msu.su> writes:
> > To compile postgres using gcc 2.7.2.1 I had to modify 2 files
> >  src/interfaces/libpq++/pgconnection.cc
> >  src/interfaces/libpq++/pgenv.h
> > Particularly, 
> > #include <iostream> to #include <iostream.h>
> > #include <strstream> to #include <strstream.h>
> 
> I am seeing the same thing here with gcc 2.7.2.2.  We need to adopt
> a considered policy about whether libpq++ will still support gcc 2.7.*,
> not just break it without thinking.
> 
> I'd vote for still supporting 2.7.*, but I know that the C++ library
> shipped with this gcc release is not real up-to-date.  It may not be
> practical to support both latest-C++-spec compilers and the older
> generation; I'm not sure what the issues are.
> 
> If the conclusion is "no", then the configure script ought to be
> changed to not try to build libpq++ unless up-to-date libraries
> are available.

The addition/removal of '.h' has happened before.  Some need it, some
can't handle it.

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