Re: Autoconf, libpq and replacement function

From: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, PG Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Autoconf, libpq and replacement function
Date: 2008-11-20 21:09:47
Message-ID: 4925D21B.3050903@hagander.net
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> writes:
>> Tom Lane wrote:
>>> Since fnmatch and the #define's are supposed to be provided by
>>> <fnmatch.h>, I think you should probably put the substitute definitions
>>> in a substitute fnmatch.h, not port.h, to avoid that risk.
>
>> Do we have an example where we do that before? I assume there is some
>> autoconfy way to make that include file only "appear" in the include
>> path if the system one doesn't exist or is broken?
>
> Not really. I'd suggest making the callers do something like
>
> #ifdef HAVE_FNMATCH
> #include <fnmatch.h>
> #else
> #include "port/pg_fnmatch.h"
> #endif

How's that actually different from the
#ifdef HAVE_FNMATCH
#include <fnmatch.h> <-- happens in fe-secure.c
#else
#define .... <-- happens in port.h
#endif

If HAVE_FNMATCH isn't set, we still have the same problem, no?

//Magnus

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