Re: Solaris FAQ

Oh, OK.

> Bruce Momjian writes:
>
> > I see in makefiles/Makefile.solaris:
> >
> > %.so: %.o
> > $(LD) -G -Bdynamic -o $@ $<
> > ^^^^^^^^^
> >
> > Is that OK?
>
> This is unrelated. The issue at hand is that the postgres/postmaster
> executable must export its symbols so that the dynamically loaded modules
> (e.g., PL handlers) can refer back to them. Normally this is done using
> -Wl,-E when linking the postmaster executable. However, the Solaris
> linker does not have this option, I believe it does it by default. So we
> have to first find out what linker is being used and then write something
> like
>
> if {GNU ld}
> export_dynamic := -Wl,-E
> endif
>
> >
> >
> > Bruce Momjian writes:
> > >
> > > > I have removed the new --export-dynamic item from the Solaris FAQ.
> > > > Looks like 7.1 has it fixed already.
> > >
> > > Not that I could tell.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net http://yi.org/peter-e/
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
> Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net http://yi.org/peter-e/
>
>

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