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Re: current hpux status


On Jan 26, 2001, David Korn <dkorn@pixelpower.com> wrote:

>> libsupc++ must be PIC for the same reasons as libgcc.

> Can you point me at a summary of those reasons (in the libgcc case)?

So that you can link shared libraries with libsupc++ and libgcc.

If the platform doesn't support PIC or shared libraries, you shouldn't
get PIC, though.

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