that now functions as a wrapper around the MakeMaker stuff. It might
even behave sensically when we have separate build dirs. Same for plperl,
which of course still doesn't work very well. Made sure that plperl
respects the choice of --libdir.

Added --with-python to automatically build and install the Python interface.
Works similarly to the Perl5 stuff.

Moved the burden of the distclean targets lower down into the source tree.
Eventually, each make file should have its own.

Added automatic remaking of makefiles and configure. Currently only for the
top-level because of a bug(?) in Autoconf. Use GNU `missing' to work around
missing autoconf and aclocal. Start factoring out macros into their own
config/*.m4 files to increase readability and organization.

we'd better have a Makefile here to prevent the mistake of using
vannilla make instead of gmake.  (But let's leave src/Makefile where
it is, too.)

to be sleazy and reach into other subsystems' directories.  First entry in
this directory is the PG_VERSION file interface, which must be used by the
backend and also the pg_version program (which is used by initdb).

there because it's in config.h, which is cleaner).

that allows one to compile libpq++

this should be set on a port-by-port basis

with some versions of sh, and a bug in the master make file that
causes it to issue the message "postgres has been built" at the wrong
time.

Submitted by: bryanh@giraffe.netgate.net (Bryan Henderson)

Does not display and generates no error messages on failure.

does 2 things:

1) Make it hard to not notice the make failed.  (As you recall, someone on
   the mailing list had this problem.  I've had it to some extent myself).

    The 1.02 make files continue with the next subdirectory when a make
    in a subdirectory fails.  The patch makes the make stop in the
    conventional way when a submake fails.  It also adds a reassuring message
    when the make succeeds and adds a note to the INSTALL file to expect it.

2) Include loader flags on all invocations of the linker.

   The 1.02 make files omit the $(LDFLAGS) on some of the linker invocations.
   On my system, I need one of those flags just to make it invoke the proper
   version of the compiler/linker, so LDFLAGS has to be everywhere.

Submitted by: Bryan Henderson <bryanh@giraffe.netgate.net>

make TCL conditinal compilation work

Submitted by: Dr_George_D_Detlefsen <drgeorge@madmax.ilt.com>

- submitted by: drgeorge@ilt.com (Dr_George_D_Detlefsen)