Re: [ODBC] Re: [PATCHES] Fix for ODBC closeu

> > Bruce Momjian writes:
> >
> > > I have applied the following patch to properly exit ODBC. I also
> > > patched the ODBC makefile so it links under BSD/OS. The -Bsymbolic
> > > under BSD/OS is very harsh under BSD/OS, requiring all symbols even in
> > > libc and crt1.o to be resolved before creating the shared library.
> >
> > The -Bsymbolic switch is the same on all platforms that have it. You can
> > link without it, but then you won't actually be able to use the ODBC
> > driver. It seems like you need to link in a few other libraries to
> > resolve all symbols.
>
> OK, if this is true on all platforms, why isn't -lc needed?
>

And if -lc is somehow done by default with ld -Bsymbolic, how do I deal
with a link that accesses crt1.o startup symbols, like environ and
__progname?

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