Re: pgsql: Build src/port files as a library with -fPIC, and use that in li

On 09/27/2018 11:23 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Build src/port files as a library with -fPIC, and use that in libpq.
>
> libpq and ecpg need shared-library-friendly versions of assorted src/port/
> and src/common/ modules. Up to now, they got those by symlinking the
> individual source files and compiling them locally. That's baroque, and a
> pain to maintain, and it results in some amount of duplicated compile work.
> It might've made sense when only a couple of files were needed, but the
> list has grown and grown and grown :-(
>
> It makes more sense to have the originating directory build a third variant
> of libpgport.a/libpgcommon.a containing modules built with $(CFLAGS_SL),
> and just link that into the shared library. Unused files won't get linked,
> so the end result should be the same.
>
> This patch makes a down payment on that idea by having src/port/ build
> such a library and making libpq use it. If the buildfarm doesn't expose
> fatal problems with the approach, I'll extend it to the other cases.
>

Looks like we have a bunch of failures, including prairiedog.

cheers

andrew

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