Re: BUG #18513: PG17 build on windows generates postgres.exe.lib instead of postgres.lib

On 17.06.24 07:44, PG Bug reporting form wrote:
> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>
> Bug reference:      18513
> Logged by:          Muralikrishna Bandaru
> Email address:      muralikrishna.bandaru@enterprisedb.com
> PostgreSQL version: 17beta1
> Operating system:   Windows
> Description:
>
> PG17 build on windows is generating postgres.exe.lib. But all the previous
> versions generating postgres.lib file. Due to this renaming the extensions
> fail to link with this library by default as they expect postgres.lib. For
> example here is the link for system_stats project file
> https://github.com/EnterpriseDB/system_stats/blob/master/system_stats.vcxproj#L101
>
> This seems like a bug, Can some one please confirm?

The attached patch might fix it.  At least I appear to get the right
output file name.  I don't have the ability to check whether it does the
right thing on Cygwin.