Add output file argument to generate-errcodes.pl

Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>

Commit: 2bf626b714b5189d6041c228f74cdb769ea169fa
Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
Date: 2022-07-18T19:24:35Z
Releases: 16.0
Add output file argument to generate-errcodes.pl

This is in preparation for building postgres with meson / ninja.

meson's 'capture' (redirecting stdout to a file) is a bit slower than programs
redirecting output themselves (mostly due to a python wrapper necessary for
windows). That doesn't matter for most things, but errcodes.h is a dependency
of nearly everything, making it a bit faster seem worthwhile.

Medium term it might also be worth avoiding writing errcodes.h if its contents
didn't actually change, to avoid unnecessary recompilations.

Reviewed-by: Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@enterprisedb.com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/5e216522-ba3c-f0e6-7f97-5276d0270029@enterprisedb.com

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PathChange+/−
src/backend/utils/generate-errcodes.pl modified +25 −5
src/backend/utils/Makefile modified +1 −1
src/tools/msvc/Solution.pm modified +1 −1

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