-
+
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.
+
+
Example
+
+ To reproduce the build configuration of the current PostgreSQL
+ installation, run the following command:
+eval ./configure `pg_config --configure`
+
+ The output of pg_config --configure contains
+ shell quotation marks so arguments with spaces are represented
+ correctly. Therefore, using eval is required
+ for proper results.
+
+
+
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