On 2020-Sep-07, Tom Lane wrote:
> Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > here is a patch
>
> What exactly is this supposed to fix?
>
> I didn't bother tracking down exactly where initdb.c is getting
> stringinfo.h from, but it clearly does import it somewhere in
> our rat's nest of headers.
You can see it here: https://doxygen.postgresql.org/initdb_8c.html
It's through xlog_internal.h (not that it matters much).
We do the indirect-header thing all over the place. There's no point in
trying to avoid it completely.
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