| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Subtle bug in autoconf flex version test |
| Date: | 2016-05-02 13:38:53 |
| Message-ID: | 11334.1462196333@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se> writes:
> The PGAC_PATH_FLEX version test in config/programs.m4 tests the major and minor
> versions with = rather than == which unless Im missing something is performing
> assignment rather than testing equality?
Huh. That's been broken since forever ... thanks for noticing!
> The attached diff makes the test
> trigger the expected warning on major/minor version on my OS X box (awk version
> 20070501).
Hm, is that a popular flex version? I wonder whether we will get
complaints if we start warning about it.
regards, tom lane
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