On Sat, 2013-11-23 at 11:49 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
My point is, they compile the *backend* as position-independent
code.
The backend is not a shared library. Maybe it is in Postgres-XC?
But
at least this makes their build process significantly different, so
it's
doubtful that this is a
On Fri, 2013-11-22 at 23:32 +, Greg Stark wrote:
According to the Debian build logs, postgres-xc compiles the
entire
backend with -fPIC. Not sure what sense that makes.
Debian policy is to always use -fPIC
My point is, they compile the *backend* as
Peter Eisentraut pete...@gmx.net writes:
On Fri, 2013-11-22 at 23:32 +, Greg Stark wrote:
Debian policy is to always use -fPIC
My point is, they compile the *backend* as position-independent code.
The backend is not a shared library. Maybe it is in Postgres-XC? But
at least this makes
Michael Meskes mes...@postgresql.org writes:
I spend some time trying to figure out why PostgreSQL builds on
S390-Linux, but Postgres-XC doesn't. Well at least this holds for the Debian
packages. So far I haven't figured it out. However, it appears to me that the
build should fail for both.
On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 11:27:45AM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
I think this is probably nonsense. I spent ten years maintaining Postgres
for Red Hat, and I never saw any such failure on s390 in their packages.
If -fpic weren't good enough for shared libraries on s390, how'd any of
those builds get
Michael Meskes mes...@postgresql.org writes:
On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 11:27:45AM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
Furthermore, if we change that convention now, we're going to increase
the risk of such mixing failures for other people.
Sure, but if this a bug we should. I'm not saying it is, I simply
On 11/22/13, 12:41 PM, Michael Meskes wrote:
Checking the Debian logs it appears that all calls use *both* which seems to
do
the right thing. And yes, it appears there is a change in XC that makes it
break. But still, I would think there has to be a correct set of options.
According to the
On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 8:51 PM, Peter Eisentraut pete...@gmx.net wrote:
On 11/22/13, 12:41 PM, Michael Meskes wrote:
Checking the Debian logs it appears that all calls use *both* which
seems to do
the right thing. And yes, it appears there is a change in XC that makes
it
break. But
Greg Stark st...@mit.edu writes:
On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 8:51 PM, Peter Eisentraut pete...@gmx.net wrote:
According to the Debian build logs, postgres-xc compiles the entire
backend with -fPIC. Not sure what sense that makes.
Debian policy is to always use -fPIC
IIRC -fpic is good enough