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Re: pgsql: Build src/port files as a library with -fPIC, and use thatin li - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: pgsql: Build src/port files as a library with -fPIC, and use thatin li
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In response to Re: pgsql: Build src/port files as a library with -fPIC, and use that in li  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: pgsql: Build src/port files as a library with -fPIC, and use that in li  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 2:50 PM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> > 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.

Well, I would agree with that if it weren't the case that binaries we
ship apparently use that API.  If we say that the libraries are
API-compatible, but our own binaries don't work, our veracity is
questionable.

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Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

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