Re: Cygwin PostgreSQL CVS build issues - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Kurt Roeckx
Subject Re: Cygwin PostgreSQL CVS build issues
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Msg-id 20030429204235.GA6763@ping.be
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In response to Re: Cygwin PostgreSQL CVS build issues  (Jason Tishler <jason@tishler.net>)
Responses Re: Cygwin PostgreSQL CVS build issues  (Jason Tishler <jason@tishler.net>)
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On Tue, Apr 29, 2003 at 04:23:37PM -0400, Jason Tishler wrote:
> 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.

That's not true at all.  You can just as well dynamicly load
dll's in windows.  Maybe it's just that cygwin doesn't do it.


Kurt



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