Tom Lane wrote: >> PostgreSQL itself seems to use export files that explicitly declare the >> exported symbols, so it gets away without these decorations. > > Except that we don't. There aren't PGDLLEXPORT markings for any > functions exported from contrib modules, and we don't use dlltool > on them either. By your argument, none of contrib would work on > Windows builds at all, but we have a ton of buildfarm evidence and > successful field use to the contrary. How is that all working?
I thought it was the job of src/tools/msvc/gendef.pl to generate .DEF files? In the buildfarm logs I can find lines like: Generating CITEXT.DEF from directory Release\citext, platform x64 Generating POSTGRES_FDW.DEF from directory Release\postgres_fdw, platform x64 which are emitted by gendef.pl. Yours, Laurenz Albe -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
