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Re: A very "strange" bug in gcc 2.96
Ian Lance Taylor <ian@zembu.com> writes:
> It's not broken to build a shared library with an object compiled
> without -fPIC. It is often a convenience, when a single object is
> used in multiple ways.
This is still broken. There is absolutely no reason why the build
process could not be fixed. You are only giving stupid and lazy
programmers an excuse to not fix their code.
There are platforms where it is really absolutely necessary to use
-fPIC is you are building a DSO and requiring this on more platforms
just increases portability.
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