> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-hackers-owner@postgresql.org
> [mailtogsql-hackers-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of
> Christopher Kings-Lynne
> Sent: 07 September 2005 09:03
> To: PostgreSQL-development
> Subject: [HACKERS] Testing for a shared library
>
> Hi,
>
> Is there any way of checking to see if a particular shared library is
> installed?
>
> eg. select is_shared_library('$libdir/tsearch2');

How well do you know the library you are looking for? You could just try
creating a function from it and seeing if it fails.

Regards, Dave.

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>>Is there any way of checking to see if a particular shared library is
>>installed?
>>
>>eg. select is_shared_library('$libdir/tsearch2');
>
>
> How well do you know the library you are looking for? You could just try
> creating a function from it and seeing if it fails.

I know it pretty well, but it seems kind of lame to have to create the
function and test for it, especialyl if you have a non-error tolerating
environment.

Plus, you have to know what exported functions it has and you have to
worry about creating any input and return types, etc.

Chris

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