Peter Eisentraut <e99re41@DoCS.UU.SE> writes:
>>>> A better idea would be to do what psql does with snprintf: Just include
>>>> the [v]snprintf.o file in the compilation (linking) conditionally.
>>
>> Sorry if I was unclear, but that was exactly what I meant.
>>
>> BTW, since this is now done in libpq, you could probably remove
>> snprintf.o from psql ...
> Hmm, maybe this is not what I meant. I meant adding the linking line to
> pg_dump, not libpq.
Not a usable answer: that would mean that *every* application using
libpq would have to start including backend/port/snprintf.o, on the
platforms where vsnprintf doesn't exist.
> But I guess as long as we don't tell anyone about it
> (vsnprintf being in libpq)
It's certainly not going to become a published part of the interface,
if that's what you mean.
regards, tom lane
