> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marko Kreen > Sent: 05 May 2006 12:22 > To: Tom Lane > Cc: Martijn van Oosterhout; pgsql-patches@postgresql.org > Subject: Re: [PATCHES] [PATCH] Have configure complain about > unknown options > > As PostgreSQL tree is not set up that way, I think for > clarity sake it would be better to give explicit errors for > unknown options. >
I'm not in a position to argue about why autoconf works this way, but I can say that I'd like to see unsupported options rejected if there is a sensible way to do it. I've been bitten more than once by mistakenly using --enable-foo rather than --with-foo, or just plain mis-typing. Regards, Dave. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match