Re: BUG #18408: ERROR: could not load library

On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 5:55 AM Francisco Olarte <folarte(at)peoplecall(dot)com>
wrote:

> Just a comment...
>
> On Tue, 26 Mar 2024 at 03:23, PG Bug reporting form
> <noreply(at)postgresql(dot)org> wrote:
> > But the because it is a windows machine the path should really be
> > "C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\lib\plpython3.dll". Looks like some unix
> > style file paths are in use.
>
> IIRC MSDOS has supported both slashes ( forward and backwards, / and \
> ) since 2.0, the first version with directories support.
>
> Also, IIRC, they just added \ because of CP/M. CPM used /, not - for
> options, MSDOS 1 copied it and in MSDOS 2 you needed a way to express
> a path which would not be confused with an option.
>
> So, better use /, case correct paths with are valid in both.
>
>
>

Yes, with very few exceptions forward slash paths work just fine on Windows.

The buildfarm animal drongo builds release 16 with python just fine. See <
https://buildfarm.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/show_log.pl?nm=drongo&dt=2024-03-25%2023%3A16%3A56
>

cheers

andrew