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Re: question about -fPIC and 32-bit x86 (on linux-elf)
- From: Andreas Schwab <schwab at suse dot de>
- To: Jonathan Wilson <jonwil at tpgi dot com dot au>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 12:02:56 +0200
- Subject: Re: question about -fPIC and 32-bit x86 (on linux-elf)
- References: <411B1E15.1070106@tpgi.com.au>
Jonathan Wilson <jonwil@tpgi.com.au> writes:
> It is my understanding that on i?86-pc-linux-elf, code is already position
> independant.
No, it isn't.
> What does -fPIC give you that not using -fPIC doesnt give you?
The ability to share the text segment between all instances of the shared
library.
Andreas.
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