On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 6:14 PM, Craig Ringer <cr...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> Attached is a small patch to teach pg_config how to output a --version-num
>
> With Pg 10, parsing versions got more annoying. Especially with
> "10beta1", "9.6beta2" etc into the mix. It makes no sense to force
> tools and scripts to do this when we can just expose a sensible
> pre-formatted one at no cost to us.
>
> Personally I'd like to backpatch this into supported back branches,
> but just having it in pg 10 would be  a help.

The last threads treating about the same subject are here:
https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/cab7npqtadajpx8ik4v3uyjbo2kmo8rhzqjkdsladdrannrg...@mail.gmail.com
https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/20161127001648.ga21...@fetter.org
Is the data in Makefile.global unsufficient?
-- 
Michael


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