Re: pgsql-server/src/bin/initdb Makefile - Mailing list pgsql-committers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: pgsql-server/src/bin/initdb Makefile
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Msg-id 14982.1068767708@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: pgsql-server/src/bin/initdb Makefile  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
>> Silly to copy sprompt.c from src/port when we're linking libpgport anyway.

> The style has always been to compile in each app in case the flags
> change, or is that only for libpq?

libpq needs to build these modules PIC, but a simple executable does
not.  The whole notion of building libpgport as a library is wrong
if you want to recompile in each app.

            regards, tom lane

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