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From: Igor Korot <ikorot01@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2026 13:09:29 -0500
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Subject: Re: Get version info
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Hi, Rob,

On Sun, Jul 5, 2026 at 3:18=E2=80=AFAM rob stone <floriparob@tpg.com.au> wr=
ote:
>
> 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)
>
>
LL,
> > 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.

igor@WaylandGnome ~/dbhandler/Debug/dbhandler $ select version()
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('

I need to check it inside configure.ac, not inside psql or any other PG cli=
ent.

Thank you.