On Tue, Dec 5, 2023 at 1:44 AM Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se> wrote:
>
> > On 8 Nov 2023, at 20:00, Jacob Champion <champion.p@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Unfortunately the configure/Makefile build of libpq now seems to be
> > pulling in an `exit()` dependency in a way that Meson does not.
>
> I believe this comes from the libcurl and specifically the ntlm_wb support
> which is often enabled in system and package manager provided installations.
> There isn't really a fix here apart from requiring a libcurl not compiled with
> ntlm_wb support, or adding an exception to the exit() check in the Makefile.
>
> Bringing this up with other curl developers to see if it could be fixed we
> instead decided to deprecate the whole module as it's quirky and not used much.
> This won't help with existing installations but at least it will be deprecated
> and removed by the time v17 ships, so gating on a version shipped after its
> removal will avoid it.
>
> https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/04540f69cfd4bf16e80e7c190b645f1baf505a84
Ooh, thank you for looking into that and fixing it!
> > (Or maybe Meson isn't checking?) I still need to investigate that
> > difference and fix it, so I recommend Meson if you're looking to
> > test-drive a build.
>
> There is no corresponding check in the Meson build, which seems like a TODO.
Okay, I'll look into that too when I get time.
Thanks,
--Jacob