Upstream has a policy of only supporting one autoconf version with any
given PostgreSQL version; which is good for ensuring repeatable results
for PostgreSQL, but it's not very tenable in the Fedora/RHEL world.
Dike out the check.
diff -Naur postgresql-8.2.11.orig/configure.in postgresql-8.2.11/configure.in
--- postgresql-8.2.11.orig/configure.in 2008-01-03 16:40:50.000000000 -0500
+++ postgresql-8.2.11/configure.in 2008-01-04 11:25:42.000000000 -0500
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@
AC_INIT([PostgreSQL], [8.2.11], [pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org])
-m4_if(m4_defn([m4_PACKAGE_VERSION]), [2.59], [], [m4_fatal([Autoconf version 2.59 is required.
-Untested combinations of 'autoconf' and PostgreSQL versions are not
-recommended. You can remove the check from 'configure.in' but it is then
-your responsibility whether the result works or not.])])
AC_COPYRIGHT([Copyright (c) 1996-2006, PostgreSQL Global Development Group])
AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/backend/access/common/heaptuple.c])
AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(config)