Re: [PATCH] Replacement for OSSP-UUID for Linux and BSD

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas(at)vmware(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)justatheory(dot)com>, Matteo Beccati <php(at)beccati(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers list <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Replacement for OSSP-UUID for Linux and BSD
Date: 2014-05-29 13:02:48
Message-ID: 20140529130248.GK27914@awork2.anarazel.de
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On 2014-05-29 08:49:38 -0400, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 5/29/14, 8:21 AM, Andres Freund wrote:
> > But I don't see downgrading to an
> > earlier autoconf as something really helpful.
>
> Well, we could have just hacked up that particular header check to do
> what we want.

Still wouldn't have solved that ossp already didn't work on several
platforms at all anymore and is likely to work on even fewer in 5 years.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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