Re: [PATCHES] Use non-deprecated APIs for dynloader/darwin.c

Actually, can we now say we only support OS/X 10.3 and later. If so, we
can use the patch unchanged.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> Ah, I already had this on the TODO list with URLs, so I will not put it
> in the hold queue.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Chris Campbell wrote:
> > On Oct 8, 2006, at 14:29, Tom Lane wrote:
> >
> > > Looks good, but I don't think we want to abandon OSX 10.2 support
> > > just yet. I'll revise this to use a configure probe for dlopen.
> >
> > Maybe we can abandon Mac OS X 10.2 in 8.3 and later? And not back-
> > port these patches to the 7.x, 8.0, and 8.1 branches?
> >
> > BTW, I think the configure probe (only on Darwin, correct?) should
> > test for the existence of <dlfcn.h>.
> >
> > > My inclination is to apply this one now, since it only affects OSX
> > > and should be easily testable, but to hold off on your other patch
> > > for portable Bonjour support until 8.3 devel starts. The portability
> > > implications of that one are unclear, and I don't know how to test it
> > > either, so I think putting it in now is too much risk.
> >
> > The Bonjour patch wasn't intended to be portable to other platforms
> > just yet. As submitted, it has the same risks/advantages as this
> > dlopen() patch -- it only works on 10.3 and later, but isn't
> > deprecated in 10.4.
> >
> > If we want to keep 10.2 support for Bonjour, we can test for both
> > DNSServiceDiscovery.h and dns_sd.h in ./configure, and prefer
> > dns_sd.h if it's found (which will be the case for 10.3 and 10.4) but
> > use DNSServiceDiscovery.h if not (which will be the case for 10.2).
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > - Chris
> >
> >
> > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------
> > TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
>
> --
> Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> http://momjian.us
> EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com
>
> + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. +
>
> ---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------
> TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster

--
Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> http://momjian.us
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com

+ If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. +