Re: FindDefinedSymbol() is subtly broken

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: John Naylor <jcnaylor(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: FindDefinedSymbol() is subtly broken
Date: 2018-05-19 20:05:48
Message-ID: 3761.1526760348@sss.pgh.pa.us
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John Naylor <jcnaylor(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> Long story short: It expects an array of paths, but will die if it
> can't find the symbol in the first path. Arguably it's a bug, but
> since the original use case for multiple paths is long gone anyway, it
> might never occur in practice. The attached patch changes it to expect
> a single path.

> Also attached: a few minor build script cleanups I've noticed along the way:
> -more accurate error message
> -s/print sprintf/printf/
> -a recent perltidy change made a couple multi-line strings look odd,
> so use heredocs (which other scripts use in this case anyway)
> -make generated file footers match project style
> -remove a duplicate comment

This all seemed like minor cleanup from v11 changes, so I went
ahead and pushed it rather than waiting for v12.

regards, tom lane

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