Re: State of PL/Python build

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Andrew Bosma <andrew(at)corvus(dot)biomed(dot)brown(dot)edu>
Subject: Re: State of PL/Python build
Date: 2001-05-13 02:22:04
Message-ID: 200105130222.f4D2M4823134@candle.pha.pa.us
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> The real fix is to change the dynamic loader(s) to make use of the
> RTLD_GLOBAL flag, which makes all dlopen'ed symbols available to everyone.
> Personally, I don't see any harm in using this option. Does anyone else?
> (In fact, if someone were to create an untrusted PL/Perl language he would
> probably run into this problem as well.)

I have RTLD_GLOBAL on BSD/OS, and it calls it a Linux-compatibility
flag. I am pretty amazed you got it working without RTLD_GLOBAL.

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