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To: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams)
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Subject: Re: Using non-PIC code in shared libraries?
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Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> writes:
> How about the reverse, where you link in PIC compiled libraries into
> static (.a) libraries?  Does this work?

Sure.  Look at how lib${LIB}_pic.a is done i <bsd.lib.mk>.  PIC-code
is less efficient than non-PIC code.

/assar


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