> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >
> > > I don't think it's particularly useful to put checks of static source
> > > files in the build path. There are quite a number of places that need to
> > > be synchronized manually and there is no check anywhere. It would
> > > probably have been better to have one master copy of the file and symlink
> > > it to whereever else it is needed. (See libpq Makefile for several
> > > examples.)
> >
> > Yes, I already do a symlink for md5.c in libpq. The problem is that
> > ODBC has to compile stand-alone, with no reference to any outside
> > directory. I assume that includes symlinks so you can take just /odbc,
> > put it on a Win32 partition, and compile it. I don't want md5.c to
> > change that capability.
>
> Yes I don't love any reference to any outside directory.
> If a backward incompatible change is made, I don't use
> it exactly any longer.
I will keep it as you see it now --- a separate file in /odbc.
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