A ELF executable can be reloctable?

[Jonathan Larmour]

> Cliff Tsai wrote:
> 
> Hi:
>     We know that a ELF shared library is dynamic linking and
>     reloctable,

Actually they don't always need to be relocatable, although it is
recommended and usually what you want.

> and how about the ELF executables?
>     Are ELF executables reloctable?

Not by default. In general, you need to compile with -fPIC to get this
although the specifics can differ between architectures.

Jifl
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