Re: pgsql: Build src/port files as a library with -fPIC, and use that in li

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Christoph Berg <myon(at)debian(dot)org>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pgsql: Build src/port files as a library with -fPIC, and use that in li
Date: 2019-01-31 20:01:34
Message-ID: CA+TgmoaK=2eDAjy-_VtQpbAtpEcXJM66cMAGsNcOAcZxGgyegA@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 2:50 PM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > Isn't the issue more a matter of whether it's OK to break
> > compatibility without changing SO_*_VERSION?
>
> We're breaking compatibility only if you regard pqsignal() as
> part of the advertised API, which I don't.

Well, I would agree with that if it weren't the case that binaries we
ship apparently use that API. If we say that the libraries are
API-compatible, but our own binaries don't work, our veracity is
questionable.

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Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

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