Re: timezone changes break windows and cygwin

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Magnus Hagander <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net>
Subject: Re: timezone changes break windows and cygwin
Date: 2005-07-06 14:46:56
Message-ID: 200507061446.j66EkuA18052@candle.pha.pa.us
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > Add to this something Magnus mentioned that I did not see until just
> > now. The backend links in timezone/SUBSYS.o, which doesn't use pgport,
> > so you have pgport versions and native versions of some functions in the
> > same backend binary. I am not sure that will always work. Add to that,
> > are those object files fully compatible with the backend?
>
> The patch was never supposed to change timezone/SUBSYS.o! Only the zic
> executable. If it's having any side effects on what goes into SUBSYS.o,
> it's simply wrong.

Well, my NO_PGPORT is affecting timezone/SUBSYS.o because there is no
way to compile zic without removing pgport library symbols from the
object files.

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