Re: narwhal and PGDLLIMPORT

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

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Andres Freund <andres@2ndquadrant.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2014-02-02T02:04:44Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

Commits

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  1. MinGW: Link with shell32.dll instead of shfolder.dll.

  2. Centralize getopt-related declarations in a new header file pg_getopt.h.

  3. Get rid of use of dlltool in Mingw builds.

  4. Export a few more symbols required for test_shm_mq module.

  5. Export set_latch_on_sigusr1 symbol for Windows.

  6. Use SHGetFolderPath instead of SHGetSpecialFolderPath to find the

Andres Freund <andres@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> I don't know why it didn't fail for postgres_fdw. Hm, maybe it's because
> Mkvcbuild.pm links postgres_fdw with libpq, but not test_shm_mq?

Hard to see how libpq as such could have anything to do with it.
I wonder though if adding libpq causes some different link-time
switch to be used.  If so, could we arrange to use that switch
all the time, and thus get rid of the need for PGDLLIMPORT marks?

			regards, tom lane