Re: [Openexr-devel] 64 bit libHalf - R_X86_64_32S _eLut and -fPIC question

[Paul Miller]

Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Mar 2008, Paul Miller wrote:
> > Since fPIC is apparently *required* on x64 Linux, I was wondering why 
> > the configure script didn't automatically enable it for me. Is that a 
> > bug or a feature?
>
> Normally PIC is used in shared libraries, and not in archive (.a) 
> files.  The only exception that I have heard of is AIX, which seems to 
> use .a files as shared libraries.
>
> Perhaps you need to use --enable-shared to build shared libraries and 
> use the shared libraries?

I didn't want to use shared libs because then I'd have a dependency 
problem and have to deal with -rpath and such. With all of my 
(non-system) dependencies built statically, I can basically plop my app 
(and its plugins) anywhere and it'll work without setting env vars, 
which is much nicer (I think).

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