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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.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</refsect1>
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Example</title>
+
+ <para>
+ To reproduce the build configuration of the current PostgreSQL
+ installation, run the following command:
+<programlisting>
+eval ./configure `pg_config --configure`
+</programlisting>
+ 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.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
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<title>History</title>