On 3/14/15 12:58 PM, Tom Lane wrote: > I'm getting rather tired of reading these warning messages in OS X builds: > > /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/ranlib: > file: libpgport.a(dirmod.o) has no symbols > /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/ranlib: > file: libpgport_srv.a(dirmod_srv.o) has no symbols > > The reason for this warning is that dirmod.o contains no functions that > aren't Windows-specific. As such, it seems like putting it into the > list of "always compiled" port modules is really a mistake. Any > objections to switching it to be built only on Windows?
It looks like ar isn't even the preferred method to build static libraries on OS X anymore. Instead, one should use libtool (not GNU libtool), which has a -no_warning_for_no_symbols option. -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
