Re: [xine-devel] libtool-nofpic ?!?

[Matthias H. <ma...@ms...>]

On Sep 13, 06 14:16:36 +0200, Diego 'Flameeyes' Petten=F2 wrote:
> On Wednesday 13 September 2006 13:47, Matthias Hopf wrote:
> > why does misc/Makefile.common set LIBTOOL to libtool-nofpic, and what=
 is
> > the purpose of using a special libtool?
> > Has anybody an idea?
> It was used to not use -fPIC on x86 (I don't remember if I worked this =
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> to use --without-pic or not), and to avoid installing the .la files for=
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> plugins.

I thought so, but I don't know why this has been done this way.
Especially, why two different libtools are used (either use -fPIC
everywhere or nowhere). Especially as src/xine-engine is NOT using
libtool-nofpic (Makefile.am includes lib/Makefile.common, not
misc/Makefile.common).

BTW - src/xine-engine/Makefile.am is the *only* Makefile that includes
lib/Makefile.common - maybe this is a left-over and should be updated?

Has anybody checked the performance difference between -fPIC and
without?  The last check I did revealed nothing conclusive, certainly a
difference smaller than 2%. Given the headaches I already had with
libraries w/o -fPIC I wonder whether it is worth the trouble...

For not installing the .la-files I think there are other possibilities.

Thanks

Matthias

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