>On Thu, Jul 16, 1998 at 01:30:43PM +0100, DAVID BALAZIC wrote:
>
>> >Linking to library:
>> >gcc -o executable -L/path/to/lib -lXY exec1.o exec2.o ...
>>
>> Is -fPIC neccesary ?
>> Do lib*.so files have no reloc tables ?
>>
>> I compiled once a shared library without -fPIC and it didn't give me no troubles.
>
>If you need to use -fpic / -fPIC is system dependent. At least on Intel
>-fPIC will work but is way less efficient for DSOs. Checkout GNU's
>libtool. It will help you to make your program work on many more
>architectures than just Linux and avoids that you have to learn about all
>the nasty details about shared libs.
So -fPIC is not needed on linux-i386 ( libc5 ) ?
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