Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
> The README for pg_indent says:
> ./configure # "make" will not work in an unconfigured tree
> cd src/include/catalog
> make reformat-dat-files
> cd ../../..
> This looks like a case of using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
> I did this, which amounts to the same thing and is faster:
> cd src/include/catalog
> perl ./reformat_dat_file.pl --output . ./pg_*.dat
> cd ../../..
True, that saves having to do a configure run, but it also embeds
some assumptions that personally I could do without --- mainly
about which perl you want to use. In any case, configure is
pretty quick as long as you've got it set up to use a cache file.
One thing we should do, perhaps, is remove the "cd" steps in
favor of recommending
make -C src/include/catalog reformat-dat-files
regards, tom lane