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RE: Is -static a link-only switch?
- From: "Gary Funck" <gary at intrepid dot com>
- To: "Gcc Mailing List" <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 08:56:16 -0700
- Subject: RE: Is -static a link-only switch?
Ian Lance Taylor wrote (in part):
> In fact many targets compile code differently depending upon whether
> the code is to be put into a shared library or not, but this is
> controlled via options like -fpic, not -static.
Is it generally safe on all currently supported targets to assert -fno-pic
when compiling programs that will ultimately be linked with -static asserted?
Will targets that don't support -fpic (and -fon-pic) complain, or just quietly
accept the switch?