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From: Andrew Dunstan <[email protected]>
To: mahendrakar s <[email protected]>
To: pgsql-novice <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: using libjansson in postgres extension
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2023 10:54:52 -0500
Message-ID: <[email protected]> (raw)
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On 2023-02-23 Th 20:59, mahendrakar s wrote:
>
> On Thu, 23 Feb 2023 at 19:08, mahendrakar s 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>     Hello Hackers,
>
>     I'm developing an extension where in it indirectly references
>     (libjansson) and libjansson has a symbol json_object
>     <https://github.com/akheron/jansson/blob/master/src/load.c#:~:text=json_t%20*object%20%3D%20json_obje...
>     conflicts with postgres  symbol 'json_object
>     <https://github.com/postgres/postgres/blob/master/src/backend/utils/adt/json.c#:~:text=json_object(PG...;.
>
>     I see below:
>     PostgreSQL: Documentation: 11: 38.10. C-Language Functions
>     <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/11/xfunc-c.html#id-1.8.3.13.8;
>     "Symbol names defined within object files must not conflict with
>     each other or with symbols defined in the PostgreSQL server
>     executable. You will have to rename your functions or variables if
>     you get error messages to this effect."
>
>     But this requires to maintain libjansson with customizations(have
>     a different symbol) to meet the needs.
>
>     Do you have any suggestions to use the libjansson 'as it is'
>     without using the different symbol.
>
>


No. AFAICT you will have to create a fork of the library as the 
documentation suggests.


cheers


andrew


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