Re: pgsql: Add a feature for automatic initialization

Suppose, we could use this feature in contrib/ only for 8.3? :)

Tom Lane wrote:
> Log Message:
> -----------
> Add a feature for automatic initialization and finalization of dynamically
> loaded libraries: call functions _PG_init() and _PG_fini() if the library
> defines such symbols.  Hence we no longer need to specify an initialization
> function in preload_libraries: we can assume that the library used the
> _PG_init() convention, instead.  This removes one source of pilot error
> in use of preloaded libraries.  Original patch by Ralf Engelschall,
> preload_libraries changes by me.
>
> Modified Files:
> --------------
>     pgsql/doc/src/sgml:
>         config.sgml (r1.72 -> r1.73)
>         (http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml.diff?r1=1.72&r2=1.73)
>         xfunc.sgml (r1.115 -> r1.116)
>         (http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/xfunc.sgml.diff?r1=1.115&r2=1.116)
>     pgsql/src/backend/postmaster:
>         postmaster.c (r1.497 -> r1.498)
>         (http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c.diff?r1=1.497&r2=1.498)
>     pgsql/src/backend/utils/fmgr:
>         dfmgr.c (r1.86 -> r1.87)
>         (http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/backend/utils/fmgr/dfmgr.c.diff?r1=1.86&r2=1.87)
>     pgsql/src/backend/utils/init:
>         miscinit.c (r1.155 -> r1.156)
>         (http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/backend/utils/init/miscinit.c.diff?r1=1.155&r2=1.156)
>     pgsql/src/include:
>         miscadmin.h (r1.186 -> r1.187)
>         (http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/include/miscadmin.h.diff?r1=1.186&r2=1.187)
>     pgsql/src/include/postmaster:
>         postmaster.h (r1.13 -> r1.14)
>         (http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/include/postmaster/postmaster.h.diff?r1=1.13&r2=1.14)
>     pgsql/src/pl/plperl:
>         plperl.c (r1.112 -> r1.113)
>         (http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/pl/plperl/plperl.c.diff?r1=1.112&r2=1.113)
>     pgsql/src/pl/plpgsql/src:
>         pl_handler.c (r1.29 -> r1.30)
>         (http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_handler.c.diff?r1=1.29&r2=1.30)
>         plpgsql.h (r1.77 -> r1.78)
>         (http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/pl/plpgsql/src/plpgsql.h.diff?r1=1.77&r2=1.78)
>     pgsql/src/pl/plpython:
>         plpython.c (r1.84 -> r1.85)
>         (http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/pl/plpython/plpython.c.diff?r1=1.84&r2=1.85)
>     pgsql/src/pl/tcl:
>         pltcl.c (r1.105 -> r1.106)
>         (http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/pl/tcl/pltcl.c.diff?r1=1.105&r2=1.106)
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