Why -mxgot on MIPS and not -fpic/-fPIC?

[Florian Weimer]

* Maciej W. Rozycki:

>> GHC is used in a mode which generates C code, which is then compiled
>> using GCC.  (This is why Debian could apply the -mxgot workaround so
>> quicky.)
>
>  Hmm, thanks for sharing a Debian bug report reference -- so it's the 
> Glasgow Haskell Compiler you've been referring to rather than the Green 
> Hills Compiler I understood thoughout our discussion so far.

Oh, sorry, I had no idea that the abbreviation was ambiguous in this
context!

>  Thanks; if Debian developers want the linker to be updated such that 
> `-mxgot' works reliably with `-mno-xgot' code, then please file an 
> enhancement request with <https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/>;

I'll keep this in mind and will do so if we encounter insurmountable
obstacles due to -mxgot/-mno-xgot interlinking.