Re: [HACKERS] dynamic_library_path on Win32

Attached is a patch that takes care of the PATHSEP issue. I made a more
extensive change then what was suggested. I found the file path.c that
contained a lot of "Unix/Windows" agnostic functions so I added a function
there instead and removed the PATHSEP declaration in exec.c altogether. All
to keep things from scattering all over the code.

I also took the liberty of changing the name of the functions
"first_path_sep" and "last_path_sep". Where I come from (and I'm apparently
not alone given the former macro name PATHSEP), they should be called
"first_dir_sep" and "last_dir_sep". The new function I introduced, that
actually finds path separators, is now the "first_path_sep". The patch
contains changes on all affected places of course.

I also changed the documentation on dynamic_library_path to reflect the
chagnes.

Kind regards,

Thomas Hallgren

"Bruce Momjian" <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote in message
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> I can do it but will be a few days until I get to it.
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> Tom Lane wrote:
> > Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
> > > You've found a bug. Clearly we need to adjust the parsing of
> > > dynamic_library_path and probably preload_libraries for Win32.
> >
> > Yup. Using PATHSEP sounded reasonable to me. Any volunteer to fix
> > this? (Don't forget to patch the docs for these variables, too.)
> >
> > regards, tom lane
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