Re: Cygwin PostgreSQL CVS build issues

From: Kurt Roeckx <Q(at)ping(dot)be>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Cygwin PostgreSQL CVS build issues
Date: 2003-04-29 20:42:35
Message-ID: 20030429204235.GA6763@ping.be
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On Tue, Apr 29, 2003 at 04:23:37PM -0400, Jason Tishler wrote:
> Why? Because Cygwin is Windows after all... :,)
>
> DLLs, unlike shared libraries under Unix, need all symbols resolved at
> link as opposed to load time. AFAICT, this is why constructs like
> BE_DLLLIBS are part of PostgreSQL's makefiles.

That's not true at all. You can just as well dynamicly load
dll's in windows. Maybe it's just that cygwin doesn't do it.

Kurt

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