Re: lib problems

Again, -DFRONTEND is the solution.  libpq or psql use that already.

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Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
> For now I have got around this with the following code:
>
> #ifdef WIN32
>
> #ifdef unlink
> #undef unlink
> #endif
>
> static int
> init_unlink(const char *path)
> {
>  while (unlink(path))
>  {
>   if (errno != EACCES)
>    return -1;
>   Sleep(100);            /* ms */
>  }
>  return 0;
> }
>
> #define unlink(x) init_unlink((x))
>
> #endif
>
> cheers
>
> andrew
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Andrew Dunstan
>   To: PostgreSQL Win32 port list
>   Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 10:59 PM
>   Subject: [pgsql-hackers-win32] lib problems
>
>
>
>   OK, I have a C version of initdb that apparently works fine on Unix, and is only missing signal handling. (If
anyoneis curious and/or adventurous I can email you a copy). 
>
>   When I compile on W32/Mingw I get this:
>
>   $ make
>   gcc -O2 -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -DPGBINDIR=\"/usr/local/pgsql/bin\"
-DPGDATADIR=\"/usr/local/pgsql/share\"-L../../../src/port   initdb.o -lpgport -o initdb 
>   ../../../src/port/libpgport.a(dirmod.o)(.text+0xe1):dirmod.c: undefined reference to `errstart'
>   ../../../src/port/libpgport.a(dirmod.o)(.text+0xef):dirmod.c: undefined reference to `elog_finish'
>   ../../../src/port/libpgport.a(dirmod.o)(.text+0x11a):dirmod.c: undefined reference to `errstart'
>   ../../../src/port/libpgport.a(dirmod.o)(.text+0x128):dirmod.c: undefined reference to `elog_finish'
>   ../../../src/port/libpgport.a(dirmod.o)(.text+0x1df):dirmod.c: undefined reference to `errstart'
>   ../../../src/port/libpgport.a(dirmod.o)(.text+0x1ef):dirmod.c: undefined reference to `elog_finish'
>   ../../../src/port/libpgport.a(dirmod.o)(.text+0x21a):dirmod.c: undefined reference to `errstart'
>   ../../../src/port/libpgport.a(dirmod.o)(.text+0x22a):dirmod.c: undefined reference to `elog_finish'
>   make: *** [initdb] Error 1
>
>   The strange thing is I didn't get that this morning, but I assume it's clearly because I added some unlink calls.
>
>   Anyone have clues about how to fix this? Compile a copy of dirmod.c with FRONTEND defined, maybe? Or just remove
thelogging statements from pgunlink altogether - unlink should really be silent. 
>
>   BTW, if the W32 timing problems that apply to unlink() also apply to rmdir(), we'll need a replacement for that
too.
>
>   thanks
>
>   andrew

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