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8.4.10's configure script suddenly started failing on platforms that use older versions of ksh as /bin/sh. It turns out to be a ksh bug that's triggered by here-document delimiters falling across bufferload boundaries: https://mailman.research.att.com/pipermail/ast-developers/2010q4/000797.html Hopefully this will get fixed before we trip over it again, but to make 8.4.10 releasable, add a comment to move the boundaries to dodge the bug. Per buildfarm members koi and warthog, plus a report from Bjorn Munch of the identical failure on Solaris 10.
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PostgreSQL Database Management System ===================================== This directory contains the source code distribution of the PostgreSQL database management system. PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system that supports an extended subset of the SQL standard, including transactions, foreign keys, subqueries, triggers, user-defined types and functions. This distribution also contains C language bindings. PostgreSQL has many language interfaces, many of which are listed here: http://www.postgresql.org/download See the file INSTALL for instructions on how to build and install PostgreSQL. That file also lists supported operating systems and hardware platforms and contains information regarding any other software packages that are required to build or run the PostgreSQL system. Changes between all PostgreSQL releases are recorded in the file HISTORY. Copyright and license information can be found in the file COPYRIGHT. A comprehensive documentation set is included in this distribution; it can be read as described in the installation instructions. The latest version of this software may be obtained at http://www.postgresql.org/download/. For more information look at our web site located at http://www.postgresql.org/.
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