Re: [GENERAL] [PATCH] Better way to check for getaddrinfo - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

I am not sure what to do on this.  Right now we have a one-line test:

    AC_REPLACE_FUNCS([getaddrinfo])

To test for a macro we are going to need to add include netdb.h, and the
LINK test below is overkill.  I am thinking we should just hard-code in
HAVE_GETADDRINFO for the True64 platform;  anything more is going to be
just a Tru64 hack anyway.

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R, Rajesh (STSD) wrote:
> sorry. It is a macro.
>
> so, would it be better to check for the macro
> as suggested by Tom or go with this patch
>
> $ diff -r configure.in configure.in.new
> 918a919
> > AC_MSG_CHECKING([for getaddrinfo])
> 920c921,926
> <   AC_REPLACE_FUNCS([getaddrinfo])
> ---
> >  AC_TRY_LINK([#include <netdb.h> #include <assert.h>],
> >                 [char (*f)();f=getaddrinfo;],
> >   ac_cv_func_getaddrinfo=yes, ac_cv_func_getaddrinfo=no)
> > if test x"$ac_cv_func_getaddrinfo" = xyes; then
> >   AC_DEFINE(HAVE_GETADDRINFO,1,[Define if you have the getaddrinfo
> function])
> > fi
> 923a930
> > AC_MSG_RESULT([$ac_cv_func_getaddrinfo])
>
>
> I guess, instead of adding seperate code for macro checking as suggested
> by Tom, this might serve dual purpose.
>
> Thanks,
> Rajesh R
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martijn van Oosterhout [mailto:kleptog@svana.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 2:46 PM
> To: R, Rajesh (STSD)
> Cc: Tom Lane; pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org; pgsql-general@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] [GENERAL] [PATCH] Better way to check for
> getaddrinfo function.
>
> On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 02:33:13PM +0530, R, Rajesh (STSD) wrote:
> > Its not a macro.
> > I meant that the code generated by AC_REPLACE_FUNCS([getaddrinfo]) by
> > configure.in for "configure"
> > does not have "#include <netdb.h>". Hence function is not
> > detected(unresolved getaddrinfo).
> > Hence  I thought AC_TRY_LINK could give test program instead of
> > AC_REPLACE_FUNCS taking one.
>
> But if it isn't a macro, why do you need the header file? In C it's
> perfectly legal to declare the symbol yourself and try to link and it
> should work *unless* it's normally a macro.
>
> We're still missing some necessary understanding here...
>
> Have a nice day,
> --
> Martijn van Oosterhout   <kleptog@svana.org>   http://svana.org/kleptog/
> > Patent. n. Genius is 5% inspiration and 95% perspiration. A patent is
> > a tool for doing 5% of the work and then sitting around waiting for
> > someone else to do the other 95% so you can sue them.
>
>

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