Re: utils C files

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > How is this any better than just mentioning the *.o file and letting the
> > default rules compile it.  I don't understand how linking to the current
> > directory gets us anything.  Now, if you did a 'make -C dir target' that
> > would be different.
>
> The whole point of the pushups for libpq is that we DON'T want the
> default rules.  We need to compile it PIC so that it can go into a
> shared library.  This will not be the same object file built in the
> ports directory.

OK, I have moved the files to src/port.  Would people like this rule
added to Makefile.global.in so that any usage of src/port/*.c files will
compile in the local directory?

    ifdef SNPRINTF
    $(basename $(notdir $(SNPRINTF))).c: $(basename $(SNPRINTF)).c
            rm -f $@ && $(LN_S) $< .
    endif

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