creating shared objects without using -fpic

[Alan Modra]

On Thu, 3 Aug 2000, Doug Evans wrote:

> [target = i386-linux]
> 
> Suppose I create a shared object but I _don't_ compile the
> object files in it with -fpic.
> 
> Seems to me that this can't work, but simple tests
> reveal that the dynamic linker is smart enough to
> get some things right.
> 
> Did I miss something, or is -fpic on linux no longer useful.

Well, non-PIC shared libraries "work" (at least they are supposed to), but
any pages in the shared library that need fixups won't be shared between
process images.

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