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To: rob stone <floriparob@tpg.com.au>, Igor Korot <ikorot01@gmail.com>,
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On 7/5/26 1:18 AM, rob stone wrote:
> On Sun, 2026-07-05 at 01:32 -0500, Igor Korot wrote:
>> Hi, ALL,
>> Google recommends using pg-config.
>>
>> However, some distro prefer to use pkg-config and don't even include
>> local configuration file.
>>
>> Is this file located everywhere and if not - how do I check it inside
>> configure.ac?
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
> 
> 
> See chapter 9.27.11, not Mr. Google.
> 
> select version();
> 
> PostgreSQL 18.4 (Debian 18.4-1+b1) on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by
> x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc (Debian 15.3.0-1) 15.3.0, 64-bit
> (1 row)

In addition:

show server_version;
            server_version
------------------------------------
  17.10 (Ubuntu 17.10-1.pgdg24.04+1)


show server_version_num;
  server_version_num
--------------------
  170010

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Adrian Klaver
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