#1021: GHC static libraries are not position independent in OSX
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Reporter: guest | Owner:
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: Build System | Version: 6.6
Severity: normal | Resolution:
Keywords: | Difficulty: Unknown
Testcase: | Architecture: powerpc
Os: MacOS X |
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Comment (by [EMAIL PROTECTED]):
'''why doesn't it make sense to support -fPIC?'''
I know that code genertion and linking are different issues but it's
useless to generate position independent objects if they later must be
linked with position dependent static libraries (and dynamic libraries are
not available ).
Linking would always lead to position dependent code independently of
-fPIC being used when generating the different object files.
''The library binaries shipped with a particular binary package and the
feature set of the compiler itself are two entirely different things.''
Yes, but as I wrote above, if at least the core libraries are not
position-independent it doesn't matter that much if -fPIC is supported or
not. I don't see what advantage would it provide.
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