Re: macOS 15.4 versus strchrnul()

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

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2025-04-01T19:25:59Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org> writes:
> On 01.04.25 17:57, Tom Lane wrote:
>> I speculate that the meson test for preadv/pwritev has never worked
>> for macOS either, and we haven't noticed because nobody has tried to
>> build with meson on a machine with low enough default deployment
>> target to not have preadv/pwritev.

> Agreed.  Attached is a patch that implements the test more along the 
> lines of how Autoconf does it.  This gives correct results for me for 
> strchrnul() in various configurations.

Cool.  Let me try it here, and I'll push if no problems arise.

> Btw., I see on the buildfarm that strchrnul() is also available on 
> FreeBSD, DragonFly BSD, NetBSD, and musl (Alpine Linux).  So perhaps 
> some of the comments ought to be rewritten away from that it's a 
> glibc-specific extension.

OK, will do something about that --- maybe like "originally glibc
specific, but later adopted by other platforms"?

			regards, tom lane



Commits

  1. Fix detection and handling of strchrnul() for macOS 15.4.

  2. Probe for preadv/pwritev in a more macOS-friendly way.