Re: palloc() under cygwin?

Solved!

calling the linker with -lpostgres removes all errors.
Everything works fine now :-))

thx a lot for your help,
HH

----- Original Message -----
From: "Reini Urban" <rurban(at)x-ray(dot)at>
To: "Helmut Hänsel" <Helmut(dot)Haensel(at)uni-bayreuth(dot)de>
Cc: <pgsql-cygwin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Sent: Dienstag, 19. Oktober 2004 22:01
Subject: Re: [CYGWIN] palloc() under cygwin?

> Helmut Hänsel schrieb:
> > I was trying to add a c-function to postgreSQL, running under cygwin.
> > I have installed and compiled the 8.0.0cvs from scratch, postmaster is
> > working fine :-)
> >
> > #define _XOPEN_SOURCE
> > #include "postgres.h"
> > #include "fmgr.h"
> > #include <unistd.h>
> > #include <fcntl.h>
> > #include <stdio.h>
> > #include <sys/types.h>
> > #include <sys/wait.h>
> >
> > PG_FUNCTION_INFO_V1(pg_crypt);
> > Datum
> > pg_crypt(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
> > { int32 new_varchar_size=13+VARHDRSZ;
> > VarChar *new_t = (VarChar *) palloc(new_varchar_size);
> > /* ... */
> > PG_RETURN_VARCHAR_P(new_t);
> > }
> >
> > compiling is successful, but linking leads to
> >
> > pg_func.o(.text+0x4f):pg_func.c: undefined reference to
> > `__imp__CurrentMemoryContext'
> >
> > If I try using pgport_palloc() instead of palloc() ( in my despair;-)
> > the source is compiled and linked without error but as soon as the
pg_crypt
> > is executed from within a psql session, the postmaster crashes with
signal
> > 11.
> >
> > Any Help?
> > Would be really great !!!
> >
> > Helmut
> >
> > P.S.: The function is tested and works fine under a LINUX environment
>
> looks like another IPC problem, similar to the plperl problem.
> increase shmem buffer size?
>
> --
> Reini Urban
> http://xarch.tu-graz.ac.at/home/rurban/