Re: [ODBC] MD5 support for ODBC

Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > I don't think it's particularly useful to put checks of static source
> > files in the build path.  There are quite a number of places that need to
> > be synchronized manually and there is no check anywhere.  It would
> > probably have been better to have one master copy of the file and symlink
> > it to whereever else it is needed.  (See libpq Makefile for several
> > examples.)
>
> Yes, I already do a symlink for md5.c in libpq.  The problem is that
> ODBC has to compile stand-alone, with no reference to any outside
> directory.  I assume that includes symlinks so you can take just /odbc,
> put it on a Win32 partition, and compile it.  I don't want md5.c to
> change that capability.

Yes I don't love any reference to any outside directory.
If a backward incompatible change is made, I don't use
it exactly any longer.

regards,
Hiroshi Inoue