Re: Reduce dependancies of postmaster (without --as-needed)

On Nov 28 2005, Tom Lane wrote:

> Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> writes:
> >> -lnsl is needed on SVR4 derivatives, like Solaris and UnixWare. it is
> >> the network services library.
>
> > libsocket requires libnsl:
>
> > [1]       NEEDED      /usr/lib/libnsl.so.1
>
> Hmmm ... but given that, is it needed to mention libnsl in the link
> command at all, or can the linker pick it up implicitly?

I'm not 100% sure if the linker does the right thing or not :(

It would be a good thing to test.

I can make a shell account available (Tom, you actually have one on
the box that output is from).

LER

>
>             regards, tom lane
>

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