Re: BUG #18513: PG17 build on windows generates postgres.exe.lib instead of postgres.lib

On Tue, Jun 18, 2024 at 11:55 AM Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org>
wrote:

> On 17.06.24 07:44, PG Bug reporting form wrote:
> > The following bug has been logged on the website:
> >
> > Bug reference: 18513
> > Logged by: Muralikrishna Bandaru
> > Email address: muralikrishna(dot)bandaru(at)enterprisedb(dot)com
> > PostgreSQL version: 17beta1
> > Operating system: Windows
> > Description:
> >
> > PG17 build on windows is generating postgres.exe.lib. But all the
> previous
> > versions generating postgres.lib file. Due to this renaming the
> extensions
> > fail to link with this library by default as they expect postgres.lib.
> For
> > example here is the link for system_stats project file
> >
> https://github.com/EnterpriseDB/system_stats/blob/master/system_stats.vcxproj#L101
> >
> > This seems like a bug, Can some one please confirm?
>
> The attached patch might fix it. At least I appear to get the right
> output file name. I don't have the ability to check whether it does the
> right thing on Cygwin.
>

Hi Peter,
This patch worked for me. Now postgres.lib is created instead of
postgres.exe.lib. Once you
push this patch to the source repo then I will try to build the extension
(system_stats).