From: | Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at> |
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To: | Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>, Kuntal Ghosh <kuntalghosh(dot)2007(at)gmail(dot)com> |
Cc: | Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Loaded footgun open_datasync on Windows |
Date: | 2018-06-08 02:18:44 |
Message-ID: | 1528424324.4509.5.camel@cybertec.at |
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Amit Kapila wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 3:06 PM, Kuntal Ghosh <kuntalghosh(dot)2007(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> > It seems the "#ifndef FRONTEND" restriction was added around
> > pgwin32_open() for building libpq with Visual C++ or Borland C++. The
> > restriction was added in commit 422d4819 to build libpq with VC++[1].
> > Later, in commit fd7c3f67e0bc4, the support for Borland C++ was also
> > added.
> >
> > So, I'm not sure whether removing that restriction will work for all
> > front-end modules.
> >
>
> Thanks for doing investigation. I agree with you that it appears from the old
> discussion that we have added this restriction to build libpq/psql (basically frontend)
> modules. However, I tried to build those modules on windows by removing that
> restriction and it doesn't give me any problem (except one extra argument error,
> which can be easily resolved). It might be that it gives problem with certain
> version of MSVC. I think if we want to pursue this direction, one needs to verify
> on various supportted versions (of Windows) to see if things are okay.
That's what the buildfarm is for, right?
> Speaking about the issue at-hand, one way to make pg_test_fsync work in to just
> include c.h and remove inclusion of postgres_fe.h, but not sure if that is the best way.
> I am not sure if we have any other options to proceed in this case.
>
> Thoughts?
I thought of a better way.
pg_test_fsync is properly listed as a server application in the documentation,
so I think it should be built as such, as per the attached patch.
Yours,
Laurenz Albe
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