Re: [HACKERS] The argument for reinstating --as-needed

2006-06-14 Thread Bruce Momjian
This patch is too general. It targets all platforms, not just those that might be affected, and it tries to fix an operating system bug. Also, we removed the readling linking into the backend in 8.2, so that is a non-issue now. ---

Re: [HACKERS] The argument for reinstating --as-needed

2005-10-29 Thread Bruce Momjian
This has been saved for the 8.2 release: http://momjian.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/pgpatches_hold --- Martijn van Oosterhout wrote: -- Start of PGP signed section. > As some of you may remember, a patch for adding --as-

Re: [HACKERS] The argument for reinstating --as-needed

2005-10-29 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian writes: > At this stage, I am thinking this is best left for 8.2. It is > impossible for us to test it enough. Agreed --- the portability risks are way too high for 8.1. I see no reason not to try it during the 8.2 cycle though. regards, tom lane -

Re: [HACKERS] The argument for reinstating --as-needed

2005-10-29 Thread Martijn van Oosterhout
On Sat, Oct 29, 2005 at 02:47:17PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > At this stage, I am thinking this is best left for 8.2. It is > impossible for us to test it enough. I agree. I missed the messages when it went in and missed where it came out. So I looked into it and have found a solution, but

Re: [HACKERS] The argument for reinstating --as-needed

2005-10-29 Thread Bruce Momjian
At this stage, I am thinking this is best left for 8.2. It is impossible for us to test it enough. --- Martijn van Oosterhout wrote: -- Start of PGP signed section. > As some of you may remember, a patch for adding --as-nee

[HACKERS] The argument for reinstating --as-needed

2005-10-29 Thread Martijn van Oosterhout
As some of you may remember, a patch for adding --as-needed to the GNU linker command line was added [1] and subsequently removed [2] under the mistaken assumption that it was a linker bug [3]. It isn't. The bug is actually in readline, in that it doesn't declare its dependancy on termcap/ncurses.