Re: [HACKERS] Need for DLLINIT in Makefile.shlib - Mailing list pgsql-cygwin

From Reini Urban
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Need for DLLINIT in Makefile.shlib
Date
Msg-id 416B194C.9020205@x-ray.at
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In response to Need for DLLINIT in Makefile.shlib  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Responses Re: [HACKERS] Need for DLLINIT in Makefile.shlib
List pgsql-cygwin
Bruce Momjian schrieb:
> I am curious why Cygwin needs DLLINIT in Makefile.shlib, and Win32
> doesn't:
>
>     # Cygwin case
>     $(shlib) lib$(NAME).a: $(OBJS) $(DLLINIT)
>             $(DLLTOOL) --export-all $(DLLTOOL_DEFFLAGS) --output-def $(NAME).def $(OBJS)
>             $(DLLWRAP) -o $(shlib) --dllname $(shlib) $(DLLWRAP_FLAGS) --def $(NAME).def $(OBJS) $(DLLINIT)
$(SHLIB_LINK)
>             $(DLLTOOL) --dllname $(shlib) $(DLLTOOL_LIBFLAGS) --def $(NAME).def --output-lib lib$(NAME).a
>
>     $(DLLINIT): $(DLLINIT:%.o=%.c)
>             $(MAKE) -C $(@D) $(@F)
>
>     endif # PORTNAME == cygwin
>
>     else # PORTNAME == win32
>
>     # win32 case
>     $(shlib) lib$(NAME).a: $(OBJS)
>             $(DLLTOOL) --export-all $(DLLTOOL_DEFFLAGS) --output-def $(NAME).def $(OBJS)
>             $(DLLWRAP) -o $(shlib) --dllname $(shlib) $(DLLWRAP_FLAGS) --def $(NAME).def $(OBJS) $(SHLIB_LINK)
>             $(DLLTOOL) --dllname $(shlib) $(DLLTOOL_LIBFLAGS) --def $(NAME).def --output-lib lib$(NAME).a
>
>     endif # PORTNAME == win32
>
> The only difference I see is that Cygwin uses $(DLLINIT) while Win32 does
> not.  Is that correct?  Why?
>
> Both set DLLINIT in their makefiles:
>
>     DLLINIT = $(top_builddir)/src/utils/dllinit.o
>
> Could they be merged into a single snipped of code?

Good point!
Out of my head: I don't think that we (cygwin) don't need that anymore.
With newer binutils it should get autogenerated. But I'll have to test
before you can remove that dir.
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Reini Urban
http://xarch.tu-graz.ac.at/home/rurban/

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