Re: Clean up find_typedefs and add support for Mac

On 2023-12-14 Th 10:36, Tristan Partin wrote:
> On Thu Dec 14, 2023 at 9:16 AM CST, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>>
>> On 2023-12-13 We 15:59, Tristan Partin wrote:
>> > On Wed Dec 13, 2023 at 2:35 PM CST, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On 2023-12-12 Tu 18:02, Tom Lane wrote:
>> >> > "Tristan Partin" <tristan(at)neon(dot)tech> writes:
>> >> >> The big patch here is adding support for Mac. objdump -W
>> doesn't >> work on
>> >> >> Mac. So, I used dsymutil and dwarfdump to achieve the same result.
>> >> > We should probably nuke the current version of
>> src/tools/find_typedef
>> >> > altogether in favor of copying the current buildfarm code for that.
>> >> > We know that the buildfarm's version works, whereas I'm not real
>> sure
>> >> > that src/tools/find_typedef is being used in anger by anyone. 
>> Also,
>> >> > we're long past the point where developers can avoid having Perl
>> >> > installed.
>> >> >
>> >> > Ideally, the buildfarm client would then start to use find_typedef
>> >> > from the tree rather than have its own copy, both to reduce
>> >> > duplication and to ensure that the in-tree copy keeps working.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> +1. I'd be more than happy to be rid of maintaining the code. We
>> >> already performed a rather more complicated operation along these
>> >> lines with the PostgreSQL::Test::AdjustUpgrade stuff.
>> >
>> > I'll work with you on GitHub to help make the transition. I've
>> already > made a draft PR in the client-code repo, but I am sure I am
>> missing > some stuff.
>>
>>
>>
>> I think we're putting the cart before the horse here. I think we need
>> a perl module in core that can be loaded by the buildfarm code,  and
>> could also be used by a standalone find_typedef (c.f.
>> src/test/PostgreSQL/Test/AdjustUpgrade.pm). To be useful that would
>> have to be backported.
>>
>> I'll have a go at that.
>
> Here is an adaptation of the find_typedefs from run_build.pl. Maybe it
> will help you.

Here's more or less what I had in mind.

cheers

andrew

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