Re: Problem linking with Release library

On 2026-05-12 21:59:41 -0700, Igor Korot wrote:
> On Tue, May 12, 2026 at 8:10 PM Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, May 12, 2026 at 10:52 PM Igor Korot <ikorot01(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> [snip] 
>
> I’m not running Postgres server. It is running on the different
> machines. All I need is to build the client library. Why can’t I? Why
> it should matter what software (OS/compiler) I’m using? As long as I
> can successfully build my software and test it  it should be fine.
>
>  
> David made it pretty clear: the PGDG changed the toolchain,
>
>
> It didn’t change the toolchain - it changed configuration tools. But it’s not
> the point.

They switched from Make to Meson. In my book the build automation tool
is very much part of the toolchain.

> The point I’m making is that the software was providing the makefile and now it
> does not.

Because they now use Meson instead of Make. Meson doesn't use Makefiles
but dependency files with a different syntax.

hjp

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