James Bigler wrote: > I noticed in some commit message to CMake a while ago that -fPIC was > removed from executable compilation. > > Would anyone care to comment on why this is? I must admit I thought it > wouldn't hurt it to have it compiled with that flag.
It's unnecessary, and is actually a Debian policy violation. See here: http://www.cmake.org/Bug/view.php?id=9659 -Brad _______________________________________________ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake