So far, we have tended to use -fpic to compile position-independent code until we have received some sort of overflow that forced the use of -fPIC. Since 8.0, the makefiles to build shared libraries are also available to external modules through the pgxs system, so we cannot exactly check anymore what the fpic vs. fPIC requirement of each conceivable module is. I have just received confirmation that PL/Java needs -fPIC to compile on Alpha and S/390 on Linux, so we need to make at least that change, but maybe it's more prudent to change to -fPIC across the board now. Comments?
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