Re: [PATCHES] Use non-deprecated APIs for dynloader/darwin.c

Actually, can we now say we only support OS/X 10.3 and later.  If so, we
can use the patch unchanged.

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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> 
> Ah, I already had this on the TODO list with URLs, so I will not put it
> in the hold queue.
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> Chris Campbell wrote:
> > On Oct 8, 2006, at 14:29, Tom Lane wrote:
> > 
> > > Looks good, but I don't think we want to abandon OSX 10.2 support
> > > just yet.  I'll revise this to use a configure probe for dlopen.
> > 
> > Maybe we can abandon Mac OS X 10.2 in 8.3 and later? And not back- 
> > port these patches to the 7.x, 8.0, and 8.1 branches?
> > 
> > BTW, I think the configure probe (only on Darwin, correct?) should  
> > test for the existence of <dlfcn.h>.
> > 
> > > My inclination is to apply this one now, since it only affects OSX
> > > and should be easily testable, but to hold off on your other patch
> > > for portable Bonjour support until 8.3 devel starts.  The portability
> > > implications of that one are unclear, and I don't know how to test it
> > > either, so I think putting it in now is too much risk.
> > 
> > The Bonjour patch wasn't intended to be portable to other platforms  
> > just yet. As submitted, it has the same risks/advantages as this  
> > dlopen() patch -- it only works on 10.3 and later, but isn't  
> > deprecated in 10.4.
> > 
> > If we want to keep 10.2 support for Bonjour, we can test for both  
> > DNSServiceDiscovery.h and dns_sd.h in ./configure, and prefer  
> > dns_sd.h if it's found (which will be the case for 10.3 and 10.4) but  
> > use DNSServiceDiscovery.h if not (which will be the case for 10.2).
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > 
> > - Chris
> > 
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