Re: Exposing PG_VERSION_NUM in pg_config

On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 07:29:07AM +0900, Michael Paquier wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 5:39 AM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> wrote:
> 
> > On 3/25/15 1:32 AM, Michael Paquier wrote:
> > > Well, I have no other cases than ones of the type mentioned upthread,
> > > and honestly I am fine as long as we do not apply maths to a version
> > > string. So attached is a patch that adds VERSION_NUM in
> > > Makefile.global.
> >
> > How would you make use of this in an extension makefile?
> >
> 
> One use case is regression test list filtering depending on backend version.

So basically, extension writers get to win a Rube Goldberg if they use
it for actually building software :/

Cheers,
David.
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