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Re: Introduce ENDLIST to terminate multiline makefile lists

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
Cc: Chao Li <li.evan.chao@gmail.com>, Postgres hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2025-12-29T03:23:46Z
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Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz> writes:
> On Mon, Dec 29, 2025 at 09:43:30AM +0800, Chao Li wrote:
>> Note that since ENDLIST is defined in Makefile.global.in, this change
>> requires rerunning ./configure.

> FWIW, I don't see an advantage in this proposal, and it has the
> disadvantage of more maintenance if one needs to create a new list.
> The current state of things is simpler.

Same here.  This is a new bit of notation that everyone reading our
Makefiles will need to understand, and I don't think it's worth
the extra cognitive burden.

			regards, tom lane