Re: Re-thing PG_MODULE_MAGIC

From: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Re-thing PG_MODULE_MAGIC
Date: 2006-06-15 00:07:35
Message-ID: 200606141707.35787.josh@agliodbs.com
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> FATAL:  incompatible library "/usr/lib/libumem.so": missing magic block
> HINT:  Extension libraries are now required to use the  
> PG_MODULE_MAGIC macro.
>
> Should we really be requiring PG_MODULE_MAGIC for stuff that wasn't
> built with PG? This seems like a way to break a lot of people's
> software.

Never mind, Neil C. just pointed out that we shouldn't be using
preload_libraries for libumem anyway -- it's sloppy. However, I do think
that we should brace ourselves for a slew of bug reports; if the Sun
testing guys are misusing preload_libraries this way, they won't be the
only onese.

--
--Josh

Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL @ Sun
San Francisco

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