Re: BUG #18668: [Windows] September 2024 releases (17.0, 16.4, etc) all include older libiconv-2.dll

Hi James,

Thanks for the report.

Kritika, can you please look into this?

On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 11:26 PM PG Bug reporting form <
noreply(at)postgresql(dot)org> wrote:

> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>
> Bug reference: 18668
> Logged by: James Scott
> Email address: james(dot)scott(at)hpe(dot)com
> PostgreSQL version: 17.0
> Operating system: Windows
> Description:
>
> All of the September 2024 releases (17.0, 16.4, etc) all include
> libiconv-2.dll version 1.15. This is a regression from the 1.17 version
> which has been included since PostgreSQL 11 at least.
>
> This appears to be the case in both the -binaries.zip and the Windows
> installer.
>
> Per the installer source at
>
> https://github.com/EnterpriseDB/edb-installers/blob/REL-17/server/packages-win64.txt
> ,
> it appears that the intention is to continue bundling 1.17.
>
> Perhaps the transition in
>
> https://github.com/EnterpriseDB/edb-installers/commit/8ec613dbfb52430101804244984e201e2cbfdbc0
> created an opportunity for an older, cached version to be included?
>
> To be clear, PostgreSQL seems to work just fine with the older version of
> the DLL. I noted it when updating an embedded version of the -binaries
> package, and wanted to give your build environment folks a chance to find
> the problem while it's benign.
>
> Thanks!
>
>

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Sandeep Thakkar