Re: Loaded footgun open_datasync on Windows

On Fri, Jun 8, 2018 at 7:48 AM, Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>
wrote:

> Amit Kapila wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 3:06 PM, Kuntal Ghosh <kuntalghosh.2007@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > It seems the "#ifndef FRONTEND" restriction was added around
> > > pgwin32_open() for building libpq with Visual C++ or Borland C++.  The
> > > restriction was added in commit 422d4819 to build libpq with VC++[1].
> > > Later, in commit fd7c3f67e0bc4, the support for Borland C++ was also
> > > added.
> > >
> > > So, I'm not sure whether removing that restriction will work for all
> > > front-end modules.
> > >
> >
> > Thanks for doing investigation.  I agree with you that it appears from
> the old
> > discussion that we have added this restriction to build libpq/psql
> (basically frontend)
> > modules.  However, I tried to build those modules on windows by removing
> that
> > restriction and it doesn't give me any problem (except one extra
> argument error,
> > which can be easily resolved).  It might be that it gives problem with
> certain
> > version of MSVC.  I think if we want to pursue this direction, one needs
> to verify
> > on various supportted versions (of Windows) to see if things are okay.
>
> That's what the buildfarm is for, right?
>
> > Speaking about the issue at-hand, one way to make pg_test_fsync work in
> to just
> > include c.h and remove inclusion of postgres_fe.h, but not sure if that
> is the best way.
> > I am not sure if we have any other options to proceed in this case.
> >
> > Thoughts?
>
> I thought of a better way.
> pg_test_fsync is properly listed as a server application in the
> documentation,
> so I think it should be built as such, as per the attached patch.
>

-#include "postgres_fe.h"
+#include "postgres.h"

I don't think that server application can use backend environment unless it
is adapted to do so.  I think the application should have the capability to
deal with backend stuff like ereport, elog etc, if we don't want to use
FRONTEND environment.  The other server applications like pg_ctl.c,
initdb.c, etc. also uses FRONTEND environment.

-- 
With Regards,
Amit Kapila.
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