Re: Remove win32ver.rc from version_stamp.pl

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2020-03-01T22:51:26Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> This removes another relic from the old nmake-based Windows build. 
> version_stamp.pl put version number information into win32ver.rc.  But 
> win32ver.rc already gets other version number information from the 
> preprocessor at build time, so it would make more sense if all version 
> number information would be handled in the same way and we don't have 
> two places that do it.

This has a minor conflict in Solution.pm according to the cfbot.

In general, while I'm on board with the idea, I wonder whether it
wouldn't be smarter to keep on defining PG_MAJORVERSION as a string,
and just add PG_MAJORVERSION_NUM alongside of it.  This would
eliminate some hunks from the patch in places where it's more
convenient to have the version as a string, and it would avoid
what could otherwise be a pretty painful cross-version incompatibility
for extensions.  We already provide PG_VERSION in both forms, so
I don't see any inconsistency in doing likewise for PG_MAJORVERSION.

			regards, tom lane



Commits

  1. Remove win32ver.rc from version_stamp.pl