Re: AIX shared libraries (was Re: [PATCHES] [HACKERS] Fix linking of OpenLDAP libraries)

2006-09-13 Thread Rocco Altier
> Tom Lane wrote: > > Is it > > possible that the rules have changed across AIX versions, > > and that the code in there now is needful for older versions? > > I don't think that this behaviour has changed. I remember it from > AIX 4.3.2. > AIX 4.3 is the first version to support the -brtl. The

Re: AIX shared libraries (was Re: [PATCHES] [HACKERS] Fix linking of OpenLDAP libraries)

2006-09-12 Thread Albe Laurenz
Tom Lane wrote: >> The natural way in AIX would be: >> - Create libpq.so >> - Create libpq.a by 'rm -f libpq.a; ar -rc libpq.a libpq.so' >> - Install only libpq.a > > Hm. This seems possible with some moderate hacking on Makefile.shlib > (certainly it'd be no more invasive than the existing Windo

AIX shared libraries (was Re: [PATCHES] [HACKERS] Fix linking of OpenLDAP libraries)

2006-09-12 Thread Tom Lane
"Albe Laurenz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Tom Lane wrote: >> I think there's a reasonable argument that by installing a .a file that >> isn't a shared library, we are violating the platform's conventions. > The natural way in AIX would be: > - Create libpq.so > - Create libpq.a by 'rm -f libpq.