Commit 65d27324 authored by Peter Eisentraut's avatar Peter Eisentraut

Add example for pg_config --configure.

parent ebc86498
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This can be used to reproduce the identical configuration, or
to find out with what options a binary package was built. (Note
however that binary packages often contain vendor-specific custom
patches.)
patches.) See also the examples below.
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<title>Example</title>
<para>
To reproduce the build configuration of the current PostgreSQL
installation, run the following command:
<programlisting>
eval ./configure `pg_config --configure`
</programlisting>
The output of <literal>pg_config --configure</literal> contains
shell quotation marks so arguments with spaces are represented
correctly. Therefore, using <literal>eval</literal> is required
for proper results.
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<title>History</title>
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