Okay. For psqlODBC, the dependencies only include gettext and OpenSSL.
On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 2:08 PM, Dave Page <dpage@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I think the point is that Craig is asking for the headers and import libraries for all deps, not just OpenSSL.On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 9:35 AM, Sandeep Thakkar <sandeep.thakkar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Shouldn't be a big deal. Just a change in the installer file and the build script. Do we want to add all the OpenSSL header files? That must be around 75..
--On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 1:24 PM, Dave Page <dpage@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:Sandeep, how much effort is it to do this?
On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 6:26 AM, Craig Ringer <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I've just noticed that the EDB-produced installer for Pg omits a number
> of components required to build things that're fully compatible with
> libpq if they also use some of the same libs as libpq, like libintl,
> openssl, etc.
>
> The specific case of interest to me is psqlODBC, which I've been doing
> some work on recently. I just realised that a crash I've been
> encountering is caused by linking to the OpenSSL binaries from
> http://slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html when libpq is using its
> own different OpenSSL. libeay32.lib is not in the Pg binary distribution
> for Windows so it's not possible to link directly to the same
> libeay32.dll that libpq uses.
>
> Ideally, every .dll that's shipped should be accompanied by the
> corresponding .lib, so people compiling against PostgreSQL can use the
> same OpenSSL, libintl, etc that were used when compiling Pg. The headers
> for those libraries should really also be bundled, e.g. have an
> include\openssl dir.
>
> That might add a little weight to the installer package, but probably
> not much - and that's clearly not a huge concern given that it already
> includes some fat .pdb debug symbols. If trimming the installer is a
> concern, it'd be reasonable to split the .lib files, includes, and pdb
> files into a separate "PostgreSQL development" component.
>
> The biggest issue - the missing libintl.h - was fixed a while ago, so
> it's possible to compile simple programs against libpq and have them
> work properly. Now it's only an issue if your app also needs to use
> OpenSSL, gettext, etc its self.
>
> Thoughts?
>
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