BUG #3717: libpq needs .so version raised to 6
The following bug has been logged online:
Bug reference: 3717
Logged by: Radim Kolar
Email address: kolar.radim@gmail.com
PostgreSQL version: 8.3beta2
Operating system: FreeBSD
Description: libpq needs .so version raised to 6
Details:
/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/pgsql8.3/bin/psql: Undefined symbol
"PQconnectionUsedPassword"
both libpq from pgsql 8.2 and 8.3 are using same version
of .so 5. But libpq from 8.3 have new function PQconnectionUsedPassword. .so
version of 8.3 libpq needs to be raised to 6
/usr/local/pgsql8.3/lib/libpq.so.5
"Radim Kolar" <kolar.radim@gmail.com> writes:
both libpq from pgsql 8.2 and 8.3 are using same version
of .so 5. But libpq from 8.3 have new function PQconnectionUsedPassword. .so
version of 8.3 libpq needs to be raised to 6
This is not a bug. Major version bumps in sonames are for incompatible
changes, not for additions of new entry points.
regards, tom lane
Tom Lane wrote:
"Radim Kolar" <kolar.radim@gmail.com> writes:
both libpq from pgsql 8.2 and 8.3 are using same version
of .so 5. But libpq from 8.3 have new function PQconnectionUsedPassword. .so
version of 8.3 libpq needs to be raised to 6This is not a bug. Major version bumps in sonames are for incompatible
changes, not for additions of new entry points.
Yep, see the middle of this file for details on when we bump major
versions:
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