Re: BUG #2094: AIX: libraries contain the symbol main - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

Hans SchlXXper wrote:
> with xlc compiler under AIX 5.3 (also 4.3) we found the following problem.
> The linker per default assumes that
> you are linking a main program when you do not specify a module type. So
> shared libraries contain the symbol
> main. So you couldn't use the libraries
>
> Solution:
> Using LDFLAGS_SL="-bnoentry"

How did you configure postgres?  Every AIX build that I have seen
includes "-Wl,-bnoentry" as part of the LDFLAGS_SL, which is sourced
from src/makefiles/Makefile.aix (I know that a non-gcc build on aix3.2.5
would use "-e _nostart" instead).

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Seneca Cunningham
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