Re: pgsql-server/src/makefiles Makefile.linux

Tom Lane writes:

> I'm not actually convinced that Sparc has a real need for -fPIC, either,
> since Lamar could not reproduce Tom's problem, and the GOT sizes I can
> measure on x86 are an order of magnitude smaller than the Sparc limit.
> I pushed out the change quickly because of the impending 7.3.3 deadline,
> but I'm more than half inclined to revert it.

If we don't have reproduceable evidence then we shouldn't play around with
these things in a minor release.

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Peter Eisentraut   peter_e@gmx.net