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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: pgsql: Build src/port files as a library with -fPIC, and use that in li
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Msg-id 11918.1548964237@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: pgsql: Build src/port files as a library with -fPIC, and use thatin li  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 10:10 AM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> Well, 8.2 is *very* long out of support, and there are plenty of
>> nasty bugs you're at risk of if you keep using it.  So I don't
>> find this to be a good argument for contorting what we do in v12.

> Isn't the issue more a matter of whether it's OK to break
> compatibility without changing SO_*_VERSION?

We're breaking compatibility only if you regard pqsignal() as
part of the advertised API, which I don't.

            regards, tom lane

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