question about -fPIC and 32-bit x86 (on linux-elf)

Thu Aug 12 10:15:00 GMT 2004

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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