[ST-devel] Re: Patches to 1.3c to produce rpm/debs

[Gene S. <gs...@ab...>]

"Wesley W. Terpstra" wrote:

>
> Problem 1:
>
> The libraries built right now are not relocatable. I'm not entirely sure
> what this does, but from packaging libraries before I know that it is
> supposed to be done. :-)
>

A few points on Problem 1.

- As far as I know, on many platforms (e.g., Solaris, Irix, and *Linux*)
  compiler emits position-independent code by default.  So there is no
  need for -fpic/-fPIC flag.  Often these flags are used "just in case",
  but it doesn't mean they are always needed.

- According to gcc man page, -fPIC is a superset of -fpic, so you don't
  need both of them (if you need them at all).

- It's OK to have relocatable objects in an ar archive (.a).  So there
  is no need to compile twice.