Re: Failed install - libgen.so doesn't exist

Is there an easy way to tell what symbols are being used by Postgres?

For example, I was looking into libPW, and I want to see which symbols
might be used, but I don't see any being pulled into postgres binary or
the other commands.

BTW, from what I am reading is not thread-safe, so I wonder if we should
be including it even when we find it.  Or what possible calls we might
be using from it.

    -rocco


> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-ports-owner@postgresql.org
> [mailto:pgsql-ports-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Tom Lane
> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 12:11 PM
> To: Bruce Momjian
> Cc: Larry Rosenman; flyvholm@fys.ku.dk; pgsql-ports@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [PORTS] Failed install - libgen.so doesn't exist
>
>
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > Larry Rosenman wrote:
> >> the issue is whether they actually export symbols that are NEEDED.
>
> > Yea, ouch.  This is going to be a pain.
>
> What I had in mind was to run "nm --ext --def" or local equivalent
> on each library, and then pick out a few symbols that look plausible
> to test for (or just send 'em all to the list if you are lazy).  We
> want to pick a symbol for each library that (a) is actually referenced
> by Postgres and (b) exists in that library on all our platforms that
> need that library.
>
>             regards, tom lane
>
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