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From: Michael Bushkov <bushman@freebsd.org>
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Hi,
I've got 2 questions about PIC.

1. NO_PIC variable. It is defined in several places across the system sources. 
As an example:
./lib/libcompat/Makefile:NO_PIC=
./lib/libdisk/Makefile:NO_PIC=
./lib/libstand/Makefile:NO_PIC=
./lib/liby/Makefile:NO_PIC=

What are the reasons for explicitly setting this variable in these libraries? 
I mean - as they are static, do we need to explicitly set NO_PIC there?

2. And theoretical question. Does every object that will be linked into the 
shared library should be built with PIC enabled?

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With best regards,
Michael Bushkov