| From: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
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| To: | Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: rm static libraries before rebuilding |
| Date: | 2015-03-01 14:37:50 |
| Message-ID: | 20150301143750.GP2384@alvh.no-ip.org |
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Noah Misch wrote:
> We build static libraries with "ar crs" or "ar cr". If the static library
> already exists in the build directory, those commands will add new members and
> replace existing members. They will not remove members present in the
> existing library but not named on the "ar" command line. This matters when,
> for example, you rerun ./configure in a way that removes a file from
> $(LIBOBJS). libpgport carries the obsolete member until "make clean". Let's
> fix that by issuing "rm -f" before running $(AR). I would back-patch this.
+1 -- I was (as I expect many were) bitten by this recently.
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Álvaro Herrera http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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