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Re: [perl #41589] [PATCH] 5.8.8 Linux needs -FPIC too
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From:
H.Merijn Brand
Date:
February 22, 2007 15:56
Subject:
Re: [perl #41589] [PATCH] 5.8.8 Linux needs -FPIC too
Message ID:
20070223005608.2aab585b@pc09
On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 14:56:24 -0800, Tom Callaway (via RT)
<perlbug-followup@perl.org> wrote:
> # New Ticket Created by Tom Callaway
> # Please include the string: [perl #41589]
> # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue.
> # <URL: http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=41589 >
>
>
> This is a bug report for perl from tcallawa@redhat.com,
> generated with the help of perlbug 1.35 running under perl v5.8.8.
>
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> As part of the review process for Perl, I'm opening bugs for the
> long list of patches to perl that Fedora has been carrying around
> (in some cases, for years), in the hopes that these fixes can be
> applied upstream. Unfortunately, I am not the original author of
> these patches, so please be patient with me as I attempt to
> describe why Fedora uses them.
I'm glad to see these being added like this.
I'm unable to apply these for the next 10 days, so please
be patient, and if I forget, remind me
> Linux supports a wide range of architectures, and while most of them
> are ok with -fpic, some of them (e.g. SPARC) need -fPIC. To be safe,
> Linux should default to -fPIC.
I /think/ I agree. Please comment from people who know more
about the implications
> --- perl-5.8.1-RC4/Configure.fpic 2003-08-02 00:47:58.000000000
> -0400
> +++ perl-5.8.1-RC4/Configure 2003-08-02 00:50:08.000000000 -0400
> @@ -7501,7 +7501,7 @@
> ;;
> *) case "$osname" in
> darwin) dflt='none' ;;
> - svr4*|esix*|solaris|nonstopux) dflt='-fPIC' ;;
> + linux*|svr4*|esix*|solaris|nonstopux)
> dflt='-fPIC' ;;
> *) dflt='-fpic' ;;
> esac ;;
> esac ;;
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