On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 01:03:31AM -0400, Noah Misch wrote: > I reproduced narwhal's problem using its toolchain on another 32-bit Windows > Server 2003 system. The crash happens at the SHGetFolderPath() call in > pqGetHomeDirectory(). A program can acquire that function via shfolder.dll or > via shell32.dll; we've used the former method since commit 889f038, for better > compatibility[1] with Windows NT 4.0. On this system, shfolder.dll's version > loads and unloads shell32.dll. In PostgreSQL built using this older compiler, > shfolder.dll:SHGetFolderPath() unloads libpq in addition to unloading shell32! > That started with commit 846e91e. I don't expect to understand the mechanism > behind it, but I recommend we switch back to linking libpq with shell32.dll. > The MSVC build already does that in all supported branches, and it feels right > for the MinGW build to follow suit in 9.4+. Windows versions that lack the > symbol in shell32.dll are now ancient history.
That allowed narwhal to proceed a bit further than before, but it crashes later in the dblink test suite. Will test again... -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
