Brent Verner <brent@rcfile.org> writes:
> Indeed I've tracked the problem down to the line that links
> the pltcl.so library:
> gcc -pipe -shared -Wl,-soname,libtcl.so.0 -o pltcl.so pltcl.o -L/usr/lib -ltcl -ldl -lieee -lm -lc
> ^^^^^^^^^^^
Yeah, removing the "-Wl,-soname,libtcl.so.0" switch produces a correctly
functioning pltcl.
> IIRC, this was changed to workaround another problem with the
> tcl client library having name conflicts. This value (TCL_SHLIB_LD)
> comes directly from the /usr/lib/tclConfig.sh file supplied by the
> rpm.
I seem to recall that this same problem was being debated a few weeks
back, but apparently we didn't actually do anything about it. Looks
like we have to.
Peter, didn't you have a proposal on the table to fix this?
regards, tom lane