Re: Use of zlib

of course, I meant --as-needed rather than --as-necessary

Andrew Dunstan wrote:

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> Dennis Bjorklund wrote:
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>> This is the output in Fedora Core 2, and it includes readline:
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>> $ ldd /usr/bin/postgres
>> linux-gate.so.1 => (0x00240000)
>> libpam.so.0 => /lib/libpam.so.0 (0x00cf1000)
>> libssl.so.4 => /lib/libssl.so.4 (0x0014e000)
>> libcrypto.so.4 => /lib/libcrypto.so.4 (0x00241000)
>> libkrb5.so.3 => /usr/lib/libkrb5.so.3 (0x0052a000)
>> libcom_err.so.2 => /lib/libcom_err.so.2 (0x00e56000)
>> libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0x00aca000)
>> libreadline.so.4 => /usr/lib/libreadline.so.4 (0x00111000)
>> libtermcap.so.2 => /lib/libtermcap.so.2 (0x00f25000)
>> libcrypt.so.1 => /lib/libcrypt.so.1 (0x00406000)
>> libresolv.so.2 => /lib/libresolv.so.2 (0x00f8a000)
>> libnsl.so.1 => /lib/libnsl.so.1 (0x00215000)
>> libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00908000)
>> libm.so.6 => /lib/tls/libm.so.6 (0x008a5000)
>> libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/libc.so.6 (0x00592000)
>> libgssapi_krb5.so.2 => /usr/lib/libgssapi_krb5.so.2 (0x00a57000)
>> libk5crypto.so.3 => /usr/lib/libk5crypto.so.3 (0x00ccd000)
>> /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x004ca000)
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>>
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>>
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> Now, to see the things postgres really needs, as opposed to things
> other libraries need or that we just throw in for good measure in case
> somebody needs them, run this:
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> LDFLAGS=-Wl,--as-necessary ./configure
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> without any third-party options (like pam, openssl, kerberos ...),
> Alternatively, you can set the flag in src/Makefile.global
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> This should work on FC2, which I believe has binutils 2.15.
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> Almost every line above will disappear.
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> cheers
>
> andrew
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