Re: [HACKERS] Unclarity of configure options

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, nikolay(at)samokhvalov(dot)com, PostgreSQL-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Unclarity of configure options
Date: 2007-11-04 21:05:31
Message-ID: 472E341B.3070401@dunslane.net
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
>
>> I have modified the configure message to be:
>> --with-libxslt build /contrib/xml2 with XSLT support
>>
>
> This turns the message from something merely a tad unclear into an
> outright lie. "--with-libxslt" does not cause contrib/xml2 (or any
> other part of contrib) to get built. Better would be
>
> --with-libxslt build with XSLT (affects only contrib/xml2)
>
>
>

What is more, if we're going to do this we should mark *all* the options
that only affect contrib, which is why I objected to doing this on its
own in the first place.

cheers

andrew

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