Re: [PORTS] Re: patch for minor Win32 makefile bug

Jason Tishler <Jason(dot)Tishler(at)dothill(dot)com> writes:
> On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 06:03:45PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Hmm. It seems a little bit weird (no, a lot weird) to be referencing
>> -lpostgres for the client-side interface library builds. I can see that
>> the PL-language DLLs might need to reference -lpostgres during their
>> links, but I've got severe doubts that this is a good idea anyplace
>> else.

> You are correct. I just verified by using MS's dumpbin that none
> of the above DLLs except for plpgsql.dll actually import any symbols
> from libpostgres.a. Hence, linking the client-side interface libraries
> with libpostgres.a is superfluous.
> However, you missed a few regression test related DLLs. See below for
> details.

Good point; those DLLs link into the backend.

Maybe Makefile.win should define FE_DLLLIBS (for frontend libraries)
and BE_DLLLIBS (for backend libraries). That would require any
particular Makefile that's building a DLL to select one or the other
to define DLLLIBS as, before it could include Makefile.shlib. Is that
approach good for clarity, or too much of a pain-in-the-neck?

regards, tom lane