>From IRC: kalikiana> Regarding -fPIC, I don't really see how I could avoid it. kalikiana> If somebody finds it wrong, I would really like to know an kalikiana> alternative because it is needed for linking extensions.
twb> I looked at the Debian Policy manual again, and it says -fPIC twb> *must* be used for libraries. ...which I assume also means twb> extensions. But I don't know if -fPIC is supposed to also be twb> used for apps themselves? I think maybe the guy I was talking to twb> on #debian-mentors was confused, and meant you need a reason to twb> *not* use -fPIC. kalikiana> I also have a reason to not use it actually, which is that kalikiana> for instance on x86-32 it makes the application slower. twb> OK, Debian says that reason is not good enough for Debian. twb> http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-files.html#s-libraries twb> So for Debian I will just enable it always. Sorry for the twb> confusion, I just haven't dealt with libraries before and I twb> didn't understand any of the issues. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
