Re: [patch] build issues on Win32

Tom Lane wrote:
> Now libpq doesn't often have critical security bugs filed against it,
> but it certainly has bugs.  Do you really want to have to remember to
> rebuild every piece of dependent software when you update it?  The OP's
> case apparently involves multiple independent libraries that he wants to
> link statically, which makes the problem multiple times worse.
>
> So my position is that static linking has enough negatives that you
> need a lot more than a hypothetical use-case to justify it.
>
>   

+1.

cheers

andrew