Re: Regression tests fail with musl libc because libpq.so can't be loaded - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

On Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 10:39:20AM +0100, Wolfgang Walther wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut:
> > We could turn it around and do
> > 
> > #if defined(__linux__)
> > #if defined(__GLIBC__) || defined(__UCLIBC__ )
> > #define PS_USE_CLOBBER_ARGV
> > #else
> > #define PS_USE_NONE
> > #endif
> > #endif
> 
> This works as well.

Yes, I prefer this.  I am worried the environ hackery will bite us
someday and the cause will be hard to find.

> I also put together a PoC of what was mentioned in musl's mailing list:
> Instead of clobbering environ at all, exec yourself again with padded argv0.
> This works, too. Attached.

It is hard to imagine why we would add an extra exec on every Linux
server start for this.

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