------- Comment #3 from pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org 2008-03-07 19:47 ------- (In reply to comment #2) > But DSOs still work if I don't use PIC. Why is that?
Depends on the target :). If this is x86, then you can guess why. In fact x86_64 errors out when linking if you did not use -fPIC (or -fpic). > Why would anybody want to create position-independent executable? What are the > advantages and disadvantages? Security, random addresses for the text section. -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=35500
