postgresql/src/port
Tom Lane 48e4b8dc08 Fix typo in pg_srand48 (srand48 in older branches).
">" should be ">>".  This typo results in failure to use all of the bits
of the provided seed.

This might rise to the level of a security bug if we were relying on
srand48 for any security-critical purposes, but we are not --- in fact,
it's not used at all unless the platform lacks srandom(), which is
improbable.  Even on such a platform the exposure seems minimal.

Reported privately by Andres Freund.
2011-09-03 16:17:34 -04:00
..
.gitignore
chklocale.c Fix MinGW build, broken by my previous patch to add a setlocale() wrapper 2011-09-01 14:02:40 +03:00
crypt.c
dirent.c
dirmod.c
erand48.c Fix typo in pg_srand48 (srand48 in older branches). 2011-09-03 16:17:34 -04:00
exec.c Use consistent format for reporting GetLastError() 2011-08-23 22:00:52 +03:00
fseeko.c
getaddrinfo.c
gethostname.c
getopt_long.c
getopt.c Pgindent run before 9.1 beta2. 2011-06-09 14:32:50 -04:00
getpeereid.c Pgindent run before 9.1 beta2. 2011-06-09 14:32:50 -04:00
getrusage.c
gettimeofday.c
inet_aton.c
inet_net_ntop.c Pgindent run before 9.1 beta2. 2011-06-09 14:32:50 -04:00
isinf.c
kill.c
Makefile Make pgbench use erand48() rather than random(). 2011-08-03 16:26:40 -04:00
memcmp.c
noblock.c Pgindent run before 9.1 beta2. 2011-06-09 14:32:50 -04:00
open.c
path.c Add \ir command to psql. 2011-07-06 11:45:13 -04:00
pgcheckdir.c
pgmkdirp.c
pgsleep.c
pgstrcasecmp.c
pthread-win32.h
qsort_arg.c
qsort.c
random.c Make pgbench use erand48() rather than random(). 2011-08-03 16:26:40 -04:00
README
rint.c
snprintf.c
sprompt.c
srandom.c Make pgbench use erand48() rather than random(). 2011-08-03 16:26:40 -04:00
strdup.c
strerror.c
strlcat.c
strlcpy.c
strtol.c
strtoul.c
thread.c
unsetenv.c
win32.ico
win32env.c
win32error.c
win32setlocale.c Fix MinGW build, broken by my previous patch to add a setlocale() wrapper 2011-09-01 14:02:40 +03:00
win32ver.rc Stamp HEAD as 9.2devel. 2011-06-11 17:46:49 -04:00

src/port/README

libpgport
=========

libpgport must have special behavior.  It supplies functions to both
libraries and applications.  However, there are two complexities:

1)  Libraries need to use object files that are compiled with exactly
the same flags as the library.  libpgport might not use the same flags,
so it is necessary to recompile the object files for individual
libraries.  This is done by removing -lpgport from the link line:

        # Need to recompile any libpgport object files
        LIBS := $(filter-out -lpgport, $(LIBS))

and adding infrastructure to recompile the object files:

        OBJS= execute.o typename.o descriptor.o data.o error.o prepare.o memory.o \
                connect.o misc.o path.o exec.o \
                $(filter snprintf.o, $(LIBOBJS))

The problem is that there is no testing of which object files need to be
added, but missing functions usually show up when linking user
applications.

2) For applications, we use -lpgport before -lpq, so the static files
from libpgport are linked first.  This avoids having applications
dependent on symbols that are _used_ by libpq, but not intended to be
exported by libpq.  libpq's libpgport usage changes over time, so such a
dependency is a problem.  Win32, Linux, and Darwin use an export list to
control the symbols exported by libpq.