Re: [HACKERS] dynamic_library_path on Win32 - Mailing list pgsql-patches

Your patch has been added to the PostgreSQL unapplied patches list at:

    http://momjian.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/pgpatches

I will try to apply it within the next 48 hours.

I will try to clean up the path/dir confusion too.

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Thomas Hallgren wrote:
> Attached is a patch that takes care of the PATHSEP issue. I made a more
> extensive change then what was suggested. I found the file path.c that
> contained a lot of "Unix/Windows" agnostic functions so I added a function
> there instead and removed the PATHSEP declaration in exec.c altogether. All
> to keep things from scattering all over the code.
>
> I also took the liberty of changing the name of the functions
> "first_path_sep" and "last_path_sep". Where I come from (and I'm apparently
> not alone given the former macro name PATHSEP), they should be called
> "first_dir_sep" and "last_dir_sep". The new function I introduced, that
> actually finds path separators, is now the "first_path_sep". The patch
> contains changes on all affected places of course.
>
> I also changed the documentation on dynamic_library_path to reflect the
> chagnes.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Thomas Hallgren
>
>
> "Bruce Momjian" <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> wrote in message
> news:200405300307.i4U37sE17714@candle.pha.pa.us...
> >
> > I can do it but will be a few days until I get to it.
> >
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> >
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> > > Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
> > > > You've found a bug. Clearly we need to adjust the parsing of
> > > > dynamic_library_path and probably preload_libraries for Win32.
> > >
> > > Yup.  Using PATHSEP sounded reasonable to me.  Any volunteer to fix
> > > this?  (Don't forget to patch the docs for these variables, too.)
> > >
> > > regards, tom lane
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