Binutils 2.9.5.0.29 ld crash

[Geoff Keating]

> Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 12:17:36 -0800
> From: "H . J . Lu" <hjl@valinux.com>
> Cc: binutils@sourceware.cygnus.com

> As you have noticed that using non-PIC code in shared libraries are
> not well supported. Not all ELF linkers even try to support such a
> feature. Not many people are doing what you are trying to do. I
> guess it is very low on the binutils's priority list.

This worked last I looked on powerpc (some months ago).  It may have
broken recently or be wrong just for sparc or for REL targets.

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- Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@cygnus.com>