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List:       postgresql-general
Subject:    Re: [HACKERS] -fpic vs. -fPIC
From:       Peter Eisentraut <peter_e () gmx ! net>
Date:       2003-11-30 13:55:34
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Greg Stark writes:

> My understanding was that at least on some platforms once you need -fPIC for
> some libraries you need to make sure they were all compiled with it. That
> means it's a pain if any libraries are provided compiled with -fpic because
> whenever find one that reaches that threshold they all have to be recompiled.

Considering that mostly everyone else uses -fPIC across the board (because
it is libtool's behavior and also the policy of several distributions),
either no one has used PostgreSQL on those platforms or there is no
problem.

-- 
Peter Eisentraut   peter_e@gmx.net


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