> Why does it not allow that? Is that just a limitation of the > compiler? If yes, what is the error happening? This question is not > exactly answered yet as of this thread. I may be missing a reference > about that in the upstream docs, but I see nowhere an explanation > about the reason and the why. That's also one of the first questions > from Thomas upthread.
The following error occurs: LINK : fatal error LNK1246: '/DYNAMICBASE:NO' not compatible with 'ARM64' target machine; link without '/DYNAMICBASE:NO This seems to be a deliberate restriction for Arm64 targets. However, no references were provided. To clarify, I have posted a question [1] on the community channel of Visual Studio. Niyas [1] https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/LINK-:-fatal-error-LNK1246:-DYNAMICBAS/10020163 On Thu, 21 Apr 2022 at 05:07, Michael Paquier <mich...@paquier.xyz> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 10:43:06AM +0100, Niyas Sait wrote: > >> This issue is still lying around, and you may have been lucky. Would > >> there be any issues to remove this change to get a basic support in? > >> As mentioned upthread, there is a long history of Postgres with ASLR. > > > > MSVC linker doesn't allow non-random base addresses for Arm64 platforms. > > It is needed for basic support. > > Why does it not allow that? Is that just a limitation of the > compiler? If yes, what is the error happening? This question is not > exactly answered yet as of this thread. I may be missing a reference > about that in the upstream docs, but I see nowhere an explanation > about the reason and the why. That's also one of the first questions > from Thomas upthread. > -- > Michael >
