Date: Thu, 14 May 2026 10:38:55 +0200
From: "Peter J. Holzer" <hjp-pgsql@hjp.at>
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Subject: Re: Problem linking with Release library
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On 2026-05-12 21:59:41 -0700, Igor Korot wrote:
> On Tue, May 12, 2026 at 8:10=E2=80=AFPM Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr@gmail.=
com> wrote:
>=20
>     On Tue, May 12, 2026 at 10:52=E2=80=AFPM Igor Korot <ikorot01@gmail.c=
om> wrote:
>     [snip]=C2=A0
>=20
>         I=E2=80=99m not running Postgres server. It is running on the dif=
ferent
>         machines. All I need is to build the client library. Why can=E2=
=80=99t I? Why
>         it should matter what software (OS/compiler) I=E2=80=99m using? A=
s long as I
>         can successfully build my software and test it =C2=A0it should be=
 fine.
>=20
>     =C2=A0
>     David made it pretty clear: the=C2=A0PGDG changed the toolchain,
>=20
>=20
> It didn=E2=80=99t change the toolchain - it changed configuration tools. =
But it=E2=80=99s not
> the point.

They switched from Make to Meson. In my book the build automation tool
is very much part of the toolchain.


> The point I=E2=80=99m making is that the software was providing the makef=
ile and now it
> does not.

Because they now use Meson instead of Make. Meson doesn't use Makefiles
but dependency files with a different syntax.

        hjp

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