From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: PSA: Autoconf has risen from the dead
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> Hmm, I also don't know how annoying it's going to be to get the new
> ninja/meson stuff working on macOS ... I really hope someone puts a
> good set of directions on the wiki or in the documentation or
> someplace.

If you use MacPorts it's just "install those packages", and I imagine
the same for Homebrew.  I've not tried build-from-source on modern
platforms.

One thing I think we lack data on is whether we're going to need a
policy similar to everyone-must-use-exactly-this-autoconf-version.
If we do, that will greatly raise the importance of building from
source.

			regards, tom lane