Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 14:37:19 -0400 Message-Id: <200007191837.OAA10805@envy.delorie.com> From: DJ Delorie To: dtrom AT bumba DOT net CC: cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com In-reply-to: <200007191823.OAA30347@bumba.net> (message from Dave Trombley on Wed, 19 Jul 2000 14:23:17 -0400) Subject: Re: Compiling Postgresql on latest cygwin - 2 questions References: <200007191823 DOT OAA30347 AT bumba DOT net> > I sucessfully built and linked the backend using the old ld.exe and > linker scripts in a new kit. ld -verbose seems to indicate that > although one may change the linker scripts, a version reamins > 'hard-compiled' in. I'm not sure if it actually is compiled in or > no; I know next to nothing about binutils. It is. The linker *always* uses a link script, but 99% of the time, it uses an internal one. Actually, there are six built-in ones, and the one that is used depends on which command-line parameters you give (like -r, -U, etc). -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com