From 13be39982f12f79fb7ec54d2202885d268fdf090 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2022 14:42:01 -0700
Subject: [PATCH v17 10/23] aix: Build SUBSYS.o using $(CC) -r instead of $(LD)
 -r

This is the only direct use of $(LD), and xlc -r and gcc -r end up with the
same set of symbols and similar performance (noise is high, so hard to say if
equivalent).

Now that $(LD) isn't needed anymore, remove it from src/Makefile.global

While at it, add a comment why -r is used.

Author:
Reviewed-by:
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/
Backpatch:
---
 src/backend/Makefile   | 4 +++-
 configure              | 2 --
 configure.ac           | 1 -
 src/Makefile.global.in | 3 ---
 4 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/Makefile b/src/backend/Makefile
index 181c217fae4..5b704bb3600 100644
--- a/src/backend/Makefile
+++ b/src/backend/Makefile
@@ -100,8 +100,10 @@ ifeq ($(PORTNAME), aix)
 postgres: $(POSTGRES_IMP)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(call expand_subsys,$(OBJS)) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_EX) -Wl,-bE:$(top_builddir)/src/backend/$(POSTGRES_IMP) $(LIBS) -Wl,-brtllib -o $@
 
+# linking to a single .o with -r is a lot faster than building a .a or passing
+# all objects to MKLDEXPORT
 $(POSTGRES_IMP): $(OBJS)
-	$(LD) $(LDREL) $(LDOUT) SUBSYS.o $(call expand_subsys,$^)
+	$(CC) -r -o SUBSYS.o $(call expand_subsys,$^)
 	$(MKLDEXPORT) SUBSYS.o . > $@
 	@rm -f SUBSYS.o
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d338ae2cc8b..7eafefb062a 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -692,7 +692,6 @@ STRIP_SHARED_LIB
 STRIP_STATIC_LIB
 STRIP
 with_gnu_ld
-LD
 LDFLAGS_SL
 LDFLAGS_EX
 ZSTD_LIBS
@@ -9464,7 +9463,6 @@ with_gnu_ld=$ac_cv_prog_gnu_ld
 
 
 
-
   if test -n "$ac_tool_prefix"; then
   # Extract the first word of "${ac_tool_prefix}strip", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy ${ac_tool_prefix}strip; ac_word=$2
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 66c60974ef9..398eb422595 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1127,7 +1127,6 @@ AC_ARG_VAR(LDFLAGS_EX, [extra linker flags for linking executables only])
 AC_ARG_VAR(LDFLAGS_SL, [extra linker flags for linking shared libraries only])
 
 PGAC_PROG_LD
-AC_SUBST(LD)
 AC_SUBST(with_gnu_ld)
 PGAC_CHECK_STRIP
 AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar, ar)
diff --git a/src/Makefile.global.in b/src/Makefile.global.in
index a5e2f36d217..8107643578b 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.global.in
+++ b/src/Makefile.global.in
@@ -289,7 +289,6 @@ LDAP_LIBS_FE = @LDAP_LIBS_FE@
 LDAP_LIBS_BE = @LDAP_LIBS_BE@
 UUID_LIBS = @UUID_LIBS@
 LLVM_LIBS=@LLVM_LIBS@
-LD = @LD@
 with_gnu_ld = @with_gnu_ld@
 
 # It's critical that within LDFLAGS, all -L switches pointing to build-tree
@@ -316,8 +315,6 @@ LDFLAGS = $(LDFLAGS_INTERNAL) @LDFLAGS@
 LDFLAGS_EX = @LDFLAGS_EX@
 # LDFLAGS_SL might have already been assigned by calling makefile
 LDFLAGS_SL += @LDFLAGS_SL@
-LDREL = -r
-LDOUT = -o
 WINDRES = @WINDRES@
 X = @EXEEXT@
 
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