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Re: PIC default check
- To: ralf@uni-koblenz.de
- Subject: Re: PIC default check
- From: Geoff Keating <geoffk@ozemail.com.au>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 10:23:42 +1100
- CC: hjl@lucon.org, libc-hacker@cygnus.com
- References: <19981107014550.A20769@uni-koblenz.de>
> Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1998 01:45:50 +0100
> From: ralf@uni-koblenz.de
>
> I assume the change documented below has been added because I mentioned
> that PIC code is default on MIPS? Or is there another reason as well?
...
> As things are, this change does alot more bad than good things for MIPS.
> Certain files like init-first.c now always get compiled the same no matter
> whether they're going into the static lib or a shared lib.
[comments on how to make it work snipped].
This would be good for powerpc, too. You can use code compiled with
-fpic in executables, and it would save much time and disk space when
building glibc.
--
Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@ozemail.com.au>