-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 04/04/2008, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > "Tom Dunstan" wrote: > > > > One answer is: what do you do if some required library isn't > > available? > > > If we build by default, then when a library isn't found the configure > output tells you: > > Looking for Perl Development packages: No , disabling plperl build. >
That might easily go unnoticed in amongst all the other configure output. It would only be effective if the messages were repeated again at the end of the configure, or configure somehow draws attention to the fact that there was a problem. Another approach I've come across is to fail with an error message like "Perl development files not found, required to build module plperl. Install these files or configure with --disable-module=plperl" Cheers, BJ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: http://getfiregpg.org iD8DBQFH9Qfu5YBsbHkuyV0RAmKIAJ9eBkAGaw5kBmahk4CzJ4JbrkmitACff9DB eYYSl1SiANAaAyky/3QBSIs= =Fg12 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
