Ch.10.2 Libraries - shared lib compilation - -fPIC
Hi,
I have troubles on comprehending following statement
"If the package is architecture: any, then the shared library compilation and linking flags must have -fPIC.."
Cit. Debian Policy, chapter 10.2, https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-files.html#s-libraries
I have little to zero shared libraries expertise. All I was lucky to learn about shared libraries
was with GNU libtool, GNU autotools, pkgconf in background.
Isn't it that way for shared libraries IN GENERAL to need be compiled as position-independent code
then linked as such ?
In my understanding chapter's text in its current form suggests application of -fPIC
thus that one of position-independent code to be of narrower scope than originally.
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