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Newer toolchains append the extension implicitly if missing, but buildfarm member narwhal (gcc 3.4.2, ld 2.15.91 20040904) does not. This affects most core libraries having an exports.txt file, namely libpq and the ECPG support libraries. On Windows Server 2003, Windows API functions that load and unload DLLs internally will mistakenly unload a libpq whose DLL header reports "LIBPQ" instead of "LIBPQ.dll". When, subsequently, control would return to libpq, the backend crashes. Back-patch to 9.4, like commit 846e91e0223cf9f2821c3ad4dfffffbb929cb027. Before that commit, we used a different linking technique that yielded "libpq.dll" in the DLL header. Commit 53566fc0940cf557416b13252df57350a4511ce4 worked around this by eliminating a call to a function that loads and unloads DLLs internally. That commit is no longer necessary for correctness, but its improving consistency with the MSVC build remains valid.
PostgreSQL Database Management System ===================================== This directory contains the source code distribution of the PostgreSQL database management system. PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system that supports an extended subset of the SQL standard, including transactions, foreign keys, subqueries, triggers, user-defined types and functions. This distribution also contains C language bindings. PostgreSQL has many language interfaces, many of which are listed here: http://www.postgresql.org/download See the file INSTALL for instructions on how to build and install PostgreSQL. That file also lists supported operating systems and hardware platforms and contains information regarding any other software packages that are required to build or run the PostgreSQL system. Copyright and license information can be found in the file COPYRIGHT. A comprehensive documentation set is included in this distribution; it can be read as described in the installation instructions. The latest version of this software may be obtained at http://www.postgresql.org/download/. For more information look at our web site located at http://www.postgresql.org/.