OK, it *IS* just a WARNING that the symbols are undefined.
SO, can we get the _fini/_init stuff commented/taken out for 7.1?
LER
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On 3/22/01, 3:38:59 PM, Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding Re:
[HACKERS] odbc/UnixWare 7.1.1: No Go. :
> Larry Rosenman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > My question is WHY are we using -Bsymbolic and/or -z text anyway?
> > These options don't appear to buy us anything but grief on SVR[45] ELF
> > systems..
> I have no idea what -z text means to your linker, but if it has a
> -Bsymbolic option then it's a good bet that you need that. The ODBC
> driver contains some function names that duplicate names in the unixODBC
> driver manager. The driver's own references to these functions *must*
> be resolved to its own routines and not the manager's, else havoc
> ensues. But for some reason, the other way is the default on many
> platforms.
> Do not assume that you have this right just because the build succeeds.
> I found in testing on HPUX that not only could you build a wrongly
> linked driver, but it would actually load and connect. Only certain
> kinds of queries exhibited the problem. In short: better test it before
> you claim you have it fixed.
> regards, tom lane
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