>>> Suppose I want to compile freetype as position independent code
>>> because I need to statically link it into a shared object. What's
>>> the best way to do this? Should I simply run 'configure' like
>>> this...
>>>
>>> ./configure CFLAGS='-g -O2 -fPIC'
>>>
>>> ...or is there a better way to do that?
>>
>> I think you don't need that. IIRC, libtool (which is used behind
>> the scenes to generate the compiler calls in the makefile)
>> automatically calls `-fPIC'.
>
> Even when I say ./configure --enabled-shared=no?
??? You write that you want `to statically link it into a shared
object'. So you actually have to create a shared object, no?
However, libtool allows you to say
./configure --disable-shared --with-pic
which should enable pic objects for static libraries (this is
untested, though).
Werner
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