Hi, On 2022-07-11 16:17:28 -0400, Robert Haas wrote: > On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 3:54 PM Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > > We can't simply move the file list into gen_node_support.pl, because > > (a) the build system has to know about the dependencies involved, and > > (b) gen_node_support.pl wouldn't know what to do in VPATH situations. > > However, we could have gen_node_support.pl contain a canonical list > > of the files it expects to be handed, and make it bitch if its > > arguments don't match that. > > Sorry if I'm being dense, but why do we have to duplicate the list of > files instead of having gen_node_support.pl just sort whatever list > the build system provides to it?
Because right now there's two buildsystems already (look at Solution.pm). Looks like we'll briefly have three, then two again. Greetings, Andres Freund
