In the configure check for the Python distutils module, use a less obscure

petere · petere · commit de7ee9e2e9ba · 2009-10-14T21:59:15.000Z
shell construct to hide away the stderr output. Python 3.1 actually core dumps on the current invocation (http://bugs.python.org/issue7111), but the new version also has the more general advantage of saving the error message in config.log for analysis.
diff --git a/config/python.m4 b/config/python.m4
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # Autoconf macros for configuring the build of Python extension modules
 #
-# $PostgreSQL: pgsql/config/python.m4,v 1.15 2009/01/04 00:54:15 petere Exp $
+# $PostgreSQL: pgsql/config/python.m4,v 1.16 2009/10/14 21:59:15 petere Exp $
 #
 
 # PGAC_PATH_PYTHON
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ fi
 AC_DEFUN([_PGAC_CHECK_PYTHON_DIRS],
 [AC_REQUIRE([PGAC_PATH_PYTHON])
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for Python distutils module])
-if "${PYTHON}" 2>&- -c 'import distutils'
+if "${PYTHON}" -c 'import distutils' 2>&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD
 then
     AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
 else
diff --git a/configure b/configure
@@ -7011,7 +7011,7 @@ fi
 
 { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for Python distutils module" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking for Python distutils module... " >&6; }
-if "${PYTHON}" 2>&- -c 'import distutils'
+if "${PYTHON}" -c 'import distutils' 2>&5
 then
     { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: yes" >&5
 $as_echo "yes" >&6; }

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@`
`1`	`1`	`#`
`2`	`2`	`# Autoconf macros for configuring the build of Python extension modules`
`3`	`3`	`#`
`4`		`-# $PostgreSQL: pgsql/config/python.m4,v 1.15 2009/01/04 00:54:15 petere Exp $`
	`4`	`+# $PostgreSQL: pgsql/config/python.m4,v 1.16 2009/10/14 21:59:15 petere Exp $`
`5`	`5`	`#`
`6`	`6`
`7`	`7`	`# PGAC_PATH_PYTHON`
`@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ fi`
`22`	`22`	`AC_DEFUN([_PGAC_CHECK_PYTHON_DIRS],`
`23`	`23`	`[AC_REQUIRE([PGAC_PATH_PYTHON])`
`24`	`24`	`AC_MSG_CHECKING([for Python distutils module])`
`25`		`-if "${PYTHON}" 2>&- -c 'import distutils'`
	`25`	`+if "${PYTHON}" -c 'import distutils' 2>&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD`
`26`	`26`	`then`
`27`	`27`	`AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)`
`28`	`28`	`else`