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Old 04-11-2008, 05:43 AM
Bruce Momjian
 
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Default Re: Autotools update

Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> > 'k, just checked, and we have the FreeBSD one installed, and always
> > have used in the in the past ... I can install the gnu-* one if you
> > think it will make a difference though, but I don't believe we've had
> > any problem reports on any of our past releases ... ?

>
> I think it is the general understanding that we use GNU Autoconf, not
> FreeBSD Autoconf, so the former is the one that should get used. Also,
> when the next person who is not using FreeBSD checks in a configure
> update, we get useless diffs and divergences that we could happily do
> without.


Does the FreeBSD one actually produce different output? I don't
remember seeing any of that and I am not running FreeBSD.

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