Thread: pg*.dll and *.pdb files in psqlODBC have no version numbers

Mark Hill <Mark.Hill@sas.com> writes:
> I posted this question to pgsql-general@lists.postgrsql.org<mailto:pgsql-general@lists.postgrsql.org> last week but
onone has responded so posting here now. 

> A colleague noticed that the following files in the psqlODBC MSI for Windows have no version numbers:
> ...
> Does anyone know if that is be design or some other reason?   Should they have version numbers?

No idea, but actually the pgsql-odbc list would be the most authoritative
place for answers, if you find none here.

            regards, tom lane

On Mon, Oct 02, 2023 at 02:28:58PM +0000, Mark Hill wrote:
> A colleague noticed that the following files in the psqlODBC MSI for Windows have no version numbers:
> pgenlist.dll
> pgenlista.dll
> pgxalib.dll
> pgenlist.pdb
> pgenlista.pdb
> psqlodbc30a.pdb
> psqlodbc35w.pdb
>
> Does anyone know if that is be design or some other reason?   Should
> they have version numbers?

Version numbers are critical in MSI installers to make sure that
components get updated, so yes, these are important depending on the
upgrade mode.  (I vaguely remember that there's a hard mode where
things are forcibly replaced, and a soft mode where only components
with newer version numbers are replaced, but it's from memories from
quite a few years ago so I may recall incorrectly).

> I checked earlier build and the same holds for ODBC 12.02.0000.

Perhaps it would be better to discuss that on the pgsql-odbc list,
where the driver is maintained, not pgsql-hackers.
--
Michael