Re: Missing uuid_generate_v1() - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Michael Gould
Subject Re: Missing uuid_generate_v1()
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Msg-id 1198e327067dff0dad0bcb86841ad199@intermodalsoftwaresolutions.net
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In response to Re: Missing uuid_generate_v1()  (Mike Christensen <mike@kitchenpc.com>)
Responses Re: Missing uuid_generate_v1()
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Is there a patch being worked on which will allow this contrib module to
work properly under Windows 64 bit machines using the 64 bit Postgres
server?  We need to be able to support both Windows and Linux servers
running Postgres.

Best Regards

Michael Gould

"Mike Christensen" <mike@kitchenpc.com> wrote:
> Oh, BTW, Tom - You were right about symlinking..  What I did totally
> hosed Apache (though it didn't crash until 2 days later, then wouldn't
> restart)..  Apache then griped about libuuid not loading.  I had to
> get my friend Brian (Linux guru) to SSH in and clean up the whole mess
> I made..  I think now it's legit now..
>
> On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 7:00 PM, Alexia Lau <alau@esri.com> wrote:
>> Does anyone know where I can see what?s already fixed at 9.0.2?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Alexia
>>
>> On 2010-10-07 09:54, Dave Page wrote:
>>> On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 3:56 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@???> wrote:
>>> > Mike Christensen <mike@???> writes:
>>> >> On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 7:38 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@???> wrote:
>>> >>> If you have a libossp-uuid.so.16, you might try symlinking
>>> >>> libuuid.so.16
>>> >>> to that instead of carrying a separate file.
>>> >
>>> >> So now what you're saying is if it's not broke, fix it till it is :)
>>> >
>>> > Well, it's hard to argue with that position ;-).  But I'll try anyway:
>>> > the platform-provided version of the library will be updated for bug
>>> > fixes, compatibility rebuilds, etc.  Your private copy won't be,
unless
>>> > you remember to do it.  Eventually that's gonna bite ya.
>>> >
>>> > Of course the best fix would be for EDB to ship a build of Postgres
>>> > that actually follows the platform-standard naming convention for this
>>> > library.  I'm still wondering why they're linking to libuuid.so.
>>> > Dave?
>>>
>>> Because that's what comes with ossp-uuid 1.6.2, and I assume is what
>>> configure chooses when we use --with-ossp-uuid:
>>>
>>> [buildfarm@bf2-linux ~]$ uuid-config --libs
>>> -luuid
>>>
>>> FYI, there was also a bug in the installer which didn't copy the
>>> library properly, which has been fixed for 9.0.2.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
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