Re: Compiling libpq with VC6

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andreas Pflug <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de>
Cc: PostgreSQL Patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Dave Page <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>
Subject: Re: Compiling libpq with VC6
Date: 2004-08-18 03:37:21
Message-ID: 200408180337.i7I3bLI03235@candle.pha.pa.us
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The problem with this approach is that it has us using the non-reliable
libc rename/unlink rather than our own in libpq. I have already applied
a fix that allows the code to compile cleanly.

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Andreas Pflug wrote:
> libpq currently doesn't compile with vc6. The reason is a conflict of
> prototypes for rename and unlink, which happens when fe-lobj.c includes
> io.h.
>
> The attached patch will redefine unlink and rename only if FRONTEND is
> not defined.
>
> Regards,
> Andreas

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