Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 00:14:01 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@sigpipe.cz> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, pfgshield-freebsd@yahoo.com, Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> Subject: Re: amd64 and -fPIC Message-ID: <20060307231400.GC4435@isis.sigpipe.cz> In-Reply-To: <20060307224803.GA66021@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20060307192606.GA56153@xor.obsecurity.org> <20060307195849.70339.qmail@web32714.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20060307205455.GA11840@ns1.xcllnt.net> <20060307223525.GA4435@isis.sigpipe.cz> <20060307224803.GA66021@xor.obsecurity.org>
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# kris@obsecurity.org / 2006-03-07 17:48:03 -0500:
> On Tue, Mar 07, 2006 at 11:35:25PM +0100, Roman Neuhauser wrote:
>
> > > A generic port that only builds archive libraries better be PIC to
> > > cover all bases. Performance cannot really be a concern when you're
> > > working with generic parts. If performance is a concern, customization
> > > is pretty much a given and the use of generic parts is almost always
> > > abandoned.
> >
> > That's pretty much what I've been trying to say, except this version
> > is much better.
>
> I like this version:
>
> "Computers are basically fast enough, so let's not worry about
> negative performance effects and just go for what is convenient for
> developers instead".
Ok, is there a compromise? Someone mentioned installing both PDC and
PIC versions under different names. There *are* situations when
linking a static library into a shared one is desirable, and it
would be nice if ports catered for this usage as well (they do, as
a side effect, on i386 now).
Perhaps ld could then grow intelligence to transform
ld -shared -static -lfoo
into
ld -shared -static -lfoo_pic
though I'm certainly out of my bailiwick here.
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