Hi,
On 2022-10-05 13:07:10 -0700, Andres Freund wrote:
> 0004: solaris: Check for -Wl,-E directly instead of checking for gnu LD
>
> This allows us to get rid of the nontrivial detection of with_gnu_ld,
> simplifying meson PGXS compatibility. It's also nice to delete libtool.m4.
>
> I don't like the SOLARIS_EXPORT_DYNAMIC variable I invented. If somebody has
> a better idea...
A cleaner approach could be to add a LDFLAGS_BE and emit the -Wl,-E into it
from both configure and meson, solely based on whether -Wl,-E is supported. I
haven't verified cygwin, but on our other platforms that seems to do the right
thing.
Greetings,
Andres Freund
