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maho
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2004-03-19T04:20:12.000000Z
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Backout previous change of PICFLAG, since
behaviour of -fPIC and -fpic are different.
Here is the comment form obrien:

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"-fpic" is a [minor?] optimization for machines that can handle it:

  -fpic
    Generate position-independent code (PIC) suitable for use in a shared
    library, if supported for the target machine. Such code accesses all
    constant addresses through a global offset table (GOT). The dynamic
    loader resolves the GOT entries when the program starts (the dynamic
    loader is not part of GCC; it is part of the operating system). If
    the GOT size for the linked executable exceeds a machine-specific
    maximum size, you get an error message from the linker indicating
    that -fpic does not work; in that case, recompile with -fPIC instead.
    (These maximums are 16k on the m88k, 8k on the SPARC, and 32k on the
    m68k and RS/6000. The 386 has no such limit.)

  -fPIC
    If supported for the target machine, emit position-independent code,
    suitable for dynamic linking and avoiding any limit on the size of
    the global offset table. This option makes a difference on the m68k,
    m88k, and the SPARC.

Thanks to: obrien

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