[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Make libpostproc build both shared and static from the same objects

[Olivier Galibert]

[Missed the parent mail, sorry, removing the attributions rather than fucking them up]

> > > The attached patch makes libpostproc build the static archive using the
> > > same (PIC) objects used for shared objects. This way it avoids compiling
> > > the postprocess.c file twice for the same result (by default here at
> > > least it gets -fPIC on both), and it also does not fail anymore to be
> > > considered by make depend.
> > 
> > It does not get -fPIC here on x86_32 while it does on PPC.
> > 
> Yes, I have often wondered about this anomaly myself, but I'm not sure
> what the original reason to handle things this way were.  Can anybody
> enlighten us please?

The cost of -fPIC is much higher on x86_32 than on PPC because of the
number of registers.  So it's a good idea to avoid it when you can.
x86_64 has more registers so it copes better.

  OG.