Re: Solved! MacOS X and external functions

OK, can someone suggest where this belongs in the docs?


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Gregory Seidman wrote:
> Tom Lane sez:
> } Gregory Seidman <gss+pg@cs.brown.edu> writes:
> } > Has anyone managed to get external functions working under MacOS X?
> }
> } FWIW, if the regression tests pass for you then external functions
> } should work.  plpgsql is a dynamically loaded library, and the
> } regression tests also build and execute a couple of external functions
> } from contrib/.
>
> I tried the regression tests and the external function test passed, so I
> looked into what the test was actually doing. It turns out that the issue
> is with MacOS X terminology. There are several different object file
> formats supported under MacOS X. Aside from the Classic MacOS stuff, the
> are object files (.o), dynamic libraries (.dylib), bundles (.so), and
> executables. I thought I needed to create a dynamic library, but it turns
> out that the right choice is a bundle.
>
> Could whoever is in charge of documentation please add the contents of the
> DocNote I added to http://www.postgresql.org/idocs/index.php?xfunc-c.html
>
> The DocNote is on the page, but for those of you who don't want to bother
> going to the web page:
>
>    Until MacOS X is covered in the main body, here is the commandline
>    needed to prepare an extension (this assumes that the developer tools
>    are installed):
>
>    cc -c foo.c
>    cc -bundle -flat_namespace -undefined suppress -o foo.so foo.o
>
> }             regards, tom lane
> --Greg
>
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