Re: pgsql/src Makefile.shlib

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pgsql/src Makefile.shlib
Date: 2001-03-13 18:36:05
Message-ID: 200103131836.NAA23206@candle.pha.pa.us
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> Also, the *bsd lines you might be referring to
>
> $(LD) -x -Bshareable -Bforcearchive
>
> the -Bshareable is the flag to make a shared library, -Bforcearchive is
> completely unnecessary, and -x says "Discard all local symbols in the
> input files.", whatever that may mean. (In fact, I'm fairly convinced
> that this is not the recommended way to link shared libraries on these
> systems, but I don't have enough enthusiasm to amend this.)

I seem to remember someone saying it was needed to like later stuff,
like ODBC? I am not sure myself. Some OS's had it, other's didn't.

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