Bruce, while we're pondering on how to solve this, can you put this up
on the open items list so we don't miss it? It's a pretty major issue.

//Magnus 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Page [mailto:dpage@vale-housing.co.uk] 
> Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 11:35 PM
> To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
> Subject: [HACKERS] Libpq problem on Windows.
> 
> I posted a message to pgsql-hackers-win32 regarding a problem 
> with libpq exports on Win32 the other day, but have yet to 
> receive any replies.
> Magnus & I have discussed the problem over IM and we both 
> believe it is important to fix, but neither of us are fluent 
> enough in make-ese to do so.
> 
> Basically the issue is that the symbols exported by the mingw 
> build of libpq.dll do not match those exported by the 
> VC++/Borland builds. What we seem to get is:
> 
> - Mingw exports *all* symbols appropiate for the given build.
> - VC++/Borland builds appear to export only the published 
> API, but not the SSL related symbols (even with SSL enabled 
> in the build).
> 
> I can probably sort the second problem by adding a second set 
> of .def files for SSL builds, however it seems to me that the 
> mingw build should not export all symbols. Whether or nt that 
> is changed, the 2 build types certainly need to be brought 
> into sync otherwise Windows users may end up seeing 
> unexplained crashes.
> 
> Any comments on what should be done (and whether I should 
> hack the BCC/VC++ stuff)?
> 
> Regards, Dave.
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Mon, 4 Oct 2004 12:17:13 +0200
"Magnus Hagander" <mha@sollentuna.net>
Re: Libpq problem on Windows.

OK, added:

        o fix MinGW libpq to export only required symbols
        o fix MSVC build to export SSL symbols


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Magnus Hagander wrote:
> Bruce, while we're pondering on how to solve this, can you put this up
> on the open items list so we don't miss it? It's a pretty major issue.
> 
> //Magnus 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dave Page [mailto:dpage@vale-housing.co.uk] 
> > Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 11:35 PM
> > To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
> > Subject: [HACKERS] Libpq problem on Windows.
> > 
> > I posted a message to pgsql-hackers-win32 regarding a problem 
> > with libpq exports on Win32 the other day, but have yet to 
> > receive any replies.
> > Magnus & I have discussed the problem over IM and we both 
> > believe it is important to fix, but neither of us are fluent 
> > enough in make-ese to do so.
> > 
> > Basically the issue is that the symbols exported by the mingw 
> > build of libpq.dll do not match those exported by the 
> > VC++/Borland builds. What we seem to get is:
> > 
> > - Mingw exports *all* symbols appropiate for the given build.
> > - VC++/Borland builds appear to export only the published 
> > API, but not the SSL related symbols (even with SSL enabled 
> > in the build).
> > 
> > I can probably sort the second problem by adding a second set 
> > of .def files for SSL builds, however it seems to me that the 
> > mingw build should not export all symbols. Whether or nt that 
> > is changed, the 2 build types certainly need to be brought 
> > into sync otherwise Windows users may end up seeing 
> > unexplained crashes.
> > 
> > Any comments on what should be done (and whether I should 
> > hack the BCC/VC++ stuff)?
> > 
> > Regards, Dave.
> > 
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Mon, 4 Oct 2004 09:14:53 -0400 (EDT)
Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Re: Libpq problem on Windows.