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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] USE=pic reminder
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 15:58:06
Message-Id: 200504151158.26818.vapier@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] USE=pic reminder by Francesco Riosa
1 On Friday 15 April 2005 10:29 am, Francesco Riosa wrote:
2 > Mike Frysinger wrote:
3 > >as a reminder, NEVER utilize USE=pic in your package unless you know
4 > > exactly
5 >
6 > [... snip of how much PIC is bad ]
7
8 PIC isnt bad ... people misusing USE=pic is bad
9
10 > A clarification: It's ok to use it _only_ for _libraryes_ by default ?
11
12 a good rule of thumb:
13 shared objects should always be built with PIC
14
15 > i.e
16 > econf [...] --with-lib-ccflags="-fPIC"
17
18 ive never seen/used --with-lib-ccflags configure option before, but i imagine
19 it'll affect static libraries too right ? you dont want that
20
21 the large majority of autotooled package gets PIC handling right so you
22 shouldnt need this kind of crap ...
23 -mike
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Re: [gentoo-dev] USE=pic reminder Francesco Riosa <francesco@×××××××××.it>