On Sat, Oct 17, 1998 at 07:18:22PM -0400, Billy G. Allie wrote:
> If the system is one that supports building shared libraries, then the
> variable CFLAGS is modified as follows: CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS_SL). This occurs
> within the IF statement for setting up support for shared libraries for the
> particular system. Therefore, the *.o files are also compiled with the flag
> for position independant code (PIC). This does not affect there use in a
Correct so far.
> static library, but does make it possible to use them in the dynamic
> libraries. If the system for which postgreSQL is being built is not one of
Yes, they can be used. But the static library is better off without the
-fpic flag.
Michael
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