Re: meson vs. llvm bitcode files

Hi,

Sorry, I didn't notice your reply as it is sent to -hackers list only.
Thank you for looking into this!

On Fri, 3 Jul 2026 at 00:50, Zsolt Parragi  wrote:
>
> Everything seems to be properly working with the new version in my
> tests, I only have a few minor comments:
>
> +   
> +    When PostgreSQL is built with
> +    Meson, it installs a
> +    pkg-config file named
> +    postgresql-&majorversion;-llvm-jit-bitcode.pc.  It is
> +    used internally to emit LLVM JIT
> +    bitcode for the server and for selected
> +    contrib modules, and it collects the same
> +    compilation flags that are used to build the server itself.
> +   
>
> Do we want to install these pc files even with -Dllvm=disabled?

I think we want to install them as these pc files can be used for
building extensions.


> diff --git a/src/tools/irlink b/src/tools/irlink
> new file mode 100644
> index 00000000000..6a03e4f5695
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/src/tools/irlink
>
> Shouldn't this file committed as executable?

Yes, done.


> +import shutil
> +import subprocess
> +import sys
>
> Is shutil and sys used in the script?

They are not used, removed.


v14 is attached.

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Regards,
Nazir Bilal Yavuz
Microsoft