Re: [ODBC] PostgreSQL 7.2.1 and Sun's C compiler under Solaris8

ODBC guys, comment?

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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> I think we should get rid of the _init and _fini functions altogether,
> because Solaris is not the only platform where this is a problem.
> Evidently, there are already workarounds in place in case they don't work,
> so it shouldn't be a problem to remove them.  Let's see what the ODBC guys
> say.
>
> Stefan Lindner writes:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > PostgreSQL works well with this combination but with one modification:
> >
> > It will not compile with SunC Version 5.3 (no experience with other
> > versions) unless
> > you make the following change in file psqlodbc.c: remove the functions
> > "_init" and "_fini". The crt.o library of Sun's C compiler contains this
> > functions.
> > This could be done by adding lines like
> >
> >     #if !defined (__SUNPRO_C)
> >     ...
> >     #endif
> >
> > The attachement is a modified version of psqlodbc according to this
> > suggestion
> >
> >
> > Stefan Lindner
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> >
> > Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not
> > tried it. (Donald E. Knuth)
> >
>
> --
> Peter Eisentraut   peter_e@gmx.net
>
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