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On 29-09-2008 18:31:48 -0700, Peter Abrahamsen wrote: |
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> Can anyone explain to me the difference between .so's, .dylib's, and |
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> .bundle's? While trying to get plperl working for postgresql on |
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> darwin9, I found that the libraries would load only if they were called |
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> .bundle, and file(1) claims that they're bundles, but others have |
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> suggested that a bundle is usually a directory, which these are not. |
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very quickly, on Darwin DYnamically loaded LIBraries are separate from |
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libraries that are only loaded through dlopen(3). Traditionally, those |
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had to be of type MH_BUNDLE, however because this caused too much |
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hassle, in later releases of the OS, dlopen(3) can also cope with |
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HM_DYLIB objects. |
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.so is the naming of ELF Shared Objects, as used e.g. on Linux and |
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Solaris. |
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> Pointers to docs would be fine; a quick Google didn't return anything |
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> illuminating, and mattmatteh on #gentoo-alt suggested I ask here. |
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There is an Apple doc about this, but I don't have the time to look for |
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it at the moment. |
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Fabian Groffen |
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Gentoo on a different level |
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