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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.

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<title>Example</title>

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To reproduce the build configuration of the current PostgreSQL

installation, run the following command:

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eval ./configure `pg_config --configure`

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The output of <literal>pg_config --configure</literal> contains

shell quotation marks so arguments with spaces are represented

correctly. Therefore, using <literal>eval</literal> is required

for proper results.

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<title>History</title>