Suppress "has no symbols" linker warnings on macOS.
Nathan Bossart <nathan@postgresql.org>
Suppress "has no symbols" linker warnings on macOS.
After a recent macOS update, building Postgres produces warnings
that look like this:
ranlib: warning: 'libpgport_shlib.a(pg_cpu_x86.c.o)' has no symbols
ranlib: warning: 'libpgport_shlib.a(pg_popcount_x86.c.o)' has no symbols
To fix, add a dummy symbol to files that may otherwise have none.
Per project policy, this is a candidate for back-patching into
out-of-support branches: it suppresses annoying compiler warnings
but changes no behavior.
Reported-by: Zhang Mingli <zmlpostgres@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: John Naylor <johncnaylorls@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/229aaaf3-f529-44ed-8e50-00cb6909af21%40Spark
Backpatch-through: 13
Files
| Path | Change | +/− |
|---|---|---|
| src/common/protocol_openssl.c | modified | +7 −1 |
Discussion
- [BUG?] macOS (Intel) build warnings: "ranlib: file … has no symbols" for aarch64 objects 23 messages · 2026-01-29 → 2026-04-29