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PL/Perl and gcc

From
oberpwd@anubis.network.com (Wade D. Oberpriller)
Date:
Hello,

I've noticed a section in the programmer's manual titled "Linking
Dynamically-Loaded Functions". It states that the "The GNU C compiler usually
does not provide the special options that are required to use the operating
system's dynamic loader interface. In such cases, the C compiler that comes
with the operating system must be used."

I am not a compiler wizard, so does anyone know if gcc v2.7.2.2 provides the
special options for dynamic loading?

Wade Oberpriller

Re: PL/Perl and gcc

From
teg@redhat.com (Trond Eivind Glomsrød)
Date:
oberpwd@anubis.network.com (Wade D. Oberpriller) writes:

> Hello,
>
> I've noticed a section in the programmer's manual titled "Linking
> Dynamically-Loaded Functions". It states that the "The GNU C compiler usually
> does not provide the special options that are required to use the operating
> system's dynamic loader interface. In such cases, the C compiler that comes
> with the operating system must be used."
>
> I am not a compiler wizard, so does anyone know if gcc v2.7.2.2 provides the
> special options for dynamic loading?

AFAIK, that's OS specific.

--
Trond Eivind Glomsrød
Red Hat, Inc.

Re: PL/Perl and gcc

From
Tom Lane
Date:
oberpwd@anubis.network.com (Wade D. Oberpriller) writes:
> I've noticed a section in the programmer's manual titled "Linking
> Dynamically-Loaded Functions". It states that the "The GNU C compiler
> usually does not provide the special options that are required to use
> the operating system's dynamic loader interface. In such cases, the C
> compiler that comes with the operating system must be used."

That statement looks long out of date to me --- gcc had little or no
support for shared libs years ago, but that was back in versions 1.*.

            regards, tom lane