"Gary Funck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ian Lance Taylor wrote (in part): > > In fact many targets compile code differently depending upon whether > > the code is to be put into a shared library or not, but this is > > controlled via options like -fpic, not -static. > > Is it generally safe on all currently supported targets to assert -fno-pic > when compiling programs that will ultimately be linked with -static asserted? > Will targets that don't support -fpic (and -fon-pic) complain, or just quietly > accept the switch?
I believe that -fno-pic will always be accepted, even if it does nothing. I'm not sure what you are after here, but I'll note that there are other related options for specific targets, like MIPS -mno-abicalls. I'll also note that on most, and perhaps all, targets, you are permitted to link -fpic code into a statically linked executable, with some loss of efficiency. Ian
