Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.184]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F1F52E38B7 for ; Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:55:59 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.184]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 93795-05-5 for ; Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:55:49 -0400 (AST) Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 753B02E3C54 for ; Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:28:07 -0400 (AST) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m0O0S40J028285; Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:28:04 -0500 (EST) To: Simon Riggs cc: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Magic Blocks In-reply-to: <1201128199.4257.80.camel@ebony.site> References: <1201128199.4257.80.camel@ebony.site> Comments: In-reply-to Simon Riggs message dated "Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:43:19 +0000" Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:28:04 -0500 Message-ID: <28284.1201134484@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200801/29 X-Sequence-Number: 4758 Simon Riggs writes: > While compiling with PGXS, the OBJS line said > OBJS = modulename.so > By changing the OBJS line to this > OBJS = modulename.o > then no error was received and it all works. > TFM just says "list objects files in OBJS". Are we really in the business of teaching C programmers the difference between object files and shared libraries? regards, tom lane