Re: [HACKERS] linux, bsd, i386-solaris and univel shared libraries.

Alen Zekulic writes:
> > CFLAGS_SL: -fpic
> ^^^^
> The shared library must be compiled with `-fPIC', and the static version
> must not be. In other words, each `*.c' file is compiled twice.

Normaly yes. But I didn't see this in any PostgreSQL makefile. I think using
-fPIC still creates a working static library. It does generate less
efficient code though.

> Take a look at the debian policy manual :-)).

:-)

> Here is the patch against the `ecpg/lib/Makefile.in'.

Applied to my source. I think we should add a similar patch to
libpq/Makefile and whatever else creates shared libs.

Michael

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