Re: macos exported symbols list not used for loadable modules

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org>
To: Jacob Champion <jacob(dot)champion(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: macos exported symbols list not used for loadable modules
Date: 2025-06-10 05:15:38
Message-ID: ce41b8c7-cbeb-456a-bd43-2a6d619c98dd@eisentraut.org
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On 05.06.25 19:28, Jacob Champion wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 3, 2025 at 12:48 AM Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org> wrote:
>>
>> On macOS, when building with the make system, the exported symbols list
>> (SHLIB_EXPORTS) is ignored. I don't think that is intentional. It was
>> probably just forgotten, since that combination has never actually been
>> used until now (for libpq-oauth).
>
> Oops, thank you for noticing that.
>
>> (Alternatively: Am I missing something? Is this combination not useful?
>> Was it not supported in older versions at some point? I couldn't
>> think of anything.)
>>
>> The meson build system handles this correctly.
>>
>> I suggest that we fix this. I attach patch 0001 with a minimal fix,
>> patch 0002 is a bit more refactoring to make the code match the layout
>> for other platforms.
>
> LGTM, and works on my machine. Unfortunately I don't have any insight
> into the history.

Ok, fix committed.

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