[MPlayer-dev-eng] libdha vs PIC

[The Wanderer]

Diego Biurrun wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 06:46:07PM +0200, Diego Biurrun wrote:

>> OK, I was just being blind as a mole, OPTFLAGS contains -fno-PIC,
>> which overrides -fPIC.
>> 
>> I'm not sure what the desired behavior is here.  Should libdha be
>> compiled with PIC or not?  What about shared libraries in general?
> 
> Next question: Why is/was -fno-PIC added to the general CFLAGS?  Does
> it make sense at all outside of shared libs?

I have vague memories of someone (I think it was Rich) ranting against
the use of PIC in any context at all, ever - possibly on grounds of
speed or lack thereof.

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