[Gllug] -fPIC option

[Tethys]

rich at annexia.org writes:

>So my question is: why does Linux let me build non-position-independent
>shared libraries? Will these libraries break or suffer some sort of
>penalty? Or is Linux just more capable in some way than Solaris that
>it doesn't require position-independent code in shared libraries?

While we're at it, under what circumstances should -fpic be used instead
of -fPIC? Surely if you want position independent code, then you want it
regardless of branch displacement sizes? Nix?

Tet

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