Some ports want to aggregate these into shared objects... this tends to fail.
Any negative side-effect ? Index: libl/Makefile =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/lib/libl/Makefile,v retrieving revision 1.4 diff -u -p -r1.4 Makefile --- libl/Makefile 24 Nov 2005 20:49:18 -0000 1.4 +++ libl/Makefile 19 Jun 2012 09:39:47 -0000 @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ LIB= l WANTLINT= SRCS= libmain.c libyywrap.c NOPIC= +CFLAGS += ${PICFLAG} .PATH: ${.CURDIR}/../../usr.bin/lex Index: libarch/amd64/Makefile =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/lib/libarch/amd64/Makefile,v retrieving revision 1.10 diff -u -p -r1.10 Makefile --- libarch/amd64/Makefile 13 Apr 2011 02:49:12 -0000 1.10 +++ libarch/amd64/Makefile 19 Jun 2012 09:39:47 -0000 @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ MLINKS+=amd64_get_ioperm.2 amd64_set_iop .if ${MACHINE_ARCH} == "amd64" .PATH: ${LIBC}/amd64 NOPIC= +CFLAGS += ${PICFLAG} SRCS+= amd64_iopl.c amd64_get_ioperm.c amd64_set_ioperm.c \ amd64_get_fsbase.c amd64_set_fsbase.c .include <bsd.lib.mk>