Re: Cygwin PostgreSQL CVS build issues

Tom,

On Tue, Apr 29, 2003 at 03:36:34PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Jason Tishler <jason@tishler.net> writes:
> > Also, I would like to know whether or not the following is an
> > acceptable way to get ecpg.dll linked against libpgtypes.a:
> >
> > [snip]
> 
> Why would Cygwin need that if other platforms don't?

Why?  Because Cygwin is Windows after all... :,)

DLLs, unlike shared libraries under Unix, need all symbols resolved at
link as opposed to load time.  AFAICT, this is why constructs like
BE_DLLLIBS are part of PostgreSQL's makefiles.

> (Perhaps other platforms do too? ...)

I don't know.  Are their other platforms with "shared" libraries that
have the same link time requirement as Windows?

Jason

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