Re: Use -fvisibility=hidden for shared libraries

On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 07:01:36PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> writes:
> > [ v2-0001-Use-hidden-visibility-for-shared-libraries-where-.patch ]
>
> This seems like a good idea, but it's failing to apply right now,
> mainly because of some cleanup I did in e04a8059a. As far as I can
> tell given the now-clarified meanings of PGDLLIMPORT/PGDLLEXPORT,
> this patch shouldn't be touching PGDLLIMPORT. The attached revision
> works for me under gcc 8.5 and clang 13.
>
> Also, it seemed like you'd maybe been more enthusiastic than necessary
> about plastering PGDLLEXPORT on things. I got through check-world
> cleanly without the diffs in either ltree.h or worker_spi.c (although
> I confess being confused why I didn't need the latter). I didn't try
> individually removing other diffs. Those diffs are still in v3 below,
> but we should clarify exactly which functions need marking.

Without the patch, it fails under windows like:

https://cirrus-ci.com/task/6171477065072640
[01:44:45.399] c:\cirrus\contrib\ltree\ltree.h(193): message : see declaration of '_ltree_isparent' [c:\cirrus\ltree.vcxproj]
[01:44:45.399] c:\cirrus\contrib\ltree\_ltree_op.c(16,1): error C2375: '_ltree_risparent': redefinition; different linkage [c:\cirrus\ltree.vcxproj]

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Justin