Re: gcc and -fPIC
On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 11:11:10PM +0000, Will Newton wrote:
> On Wednesday 20 Mar 2002 11:00 pm, Michel LESPINASSE wrote:
> > I'd like to add that some architectures (including x86) do not actualy
> > require that you use -fPIC for shared libraries. If you choose to do
> > that, the benefits are that you dont pay the overhead of -fPIC code,
> > the drawbacks however are that 1) the resulting shared lib violates
> > debian policy, 2) programs which use the shared lib will need to do
> So are you saying I should use -fPIC on all architectures?
For debian shared libraries, yes.
For programs and static libraries, you should avoid using -fPIC.
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Michel "Walken" LESPINASSE
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