Re: Clean up find_typedefs and add support for Mac

On Thu Dec 14, 2023 at 9:16 AM CST, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
> On 2023-12-13 We 15:59, Tristan Partin wrote:
> > On Wed Dec 13, 2023 at 2:35 PM CST, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> >>
> >> On 2023-12-12 Tu 18:02, Tom Lane wrote:
> >> > "Tristan Partin" <tristan(at)neon(dot)tech> writes:
> >> >> The big patch here is adding support for Mac. objdump -W doesn't
> >> work on
> >> >> Mac. So, I used dsymutil and dwarfdump to achieve the same result.
> >> > We should probably nuke the current version of src/tools/find_typedef
> >> > altogether in favor of copying the current buildfarm code for that.
> >> > We know that the buildfarm's version works, whereas I'm not real sure
> >> > that src/tools/find_typedef is being used in anger by anyone.  Also,
> >> > we're long past the point where developers can avoid having Perl
> >> > installed.
> >> >
> >> > Ideally, the buildfarm client would then start to use find_typedef
> >> > from the tree rather than have its own copy, both to reduce
> >> > duplication and to ensure that the in-tree copy keeps working.
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >> +1. I'd be more than happy to be rid of maintaining the code. We
> >> already performed a rather more complicated operation along these
> >> lines with the PostgreSQL::Test::AdjustUpgrade stuff.
> >
> > I'll work with you on GitHub to help make the transition. I've already
> > made a draft PR in the client-code repo, but I am sure I am missing
> > some stuff.
>
>
>
> I think we're putting the cart before the horse here. I think we need a
> perl module in core that can be loaded by the buildfarm code,  and could
> also be used by a standalone find_typedef (c.f.
> src/test/PostgreSQL/Test/AdjustUpgrade.pm). To be useful that would have
> to be backported.
>
> I'll have a go at that.

Here is an adaptation of the find_typedefs from run_build.pl. Maybe it
will help you.

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Tristan Partin
Neon (https://neon.tech)