Re: Patch for building Python libs under Linux x64 (fixed on Ubuntu 10)

Peter Gutmann <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.encryption.cryptlib
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Mike Ivanov <[email protected]> writes:

>AFAIK -fpic and -fPIC are identical on both i386 and x86_64 -- the most
>popular platforms. So, -fPIC won't hurt anyone there.
>
>On m86k and SPARC their behaviour is different. Given the size of the library
>I personally would rather always compile with -fPIC on these platforms.
>
>The conclusion is, -fPIC is the most reliable and safest option, though it
>adds some load-time overhead on certain platforms.

OK, thanks.  Since the change that Justin requested was only for x86_64 (and
the error report that requires it seems to be x86-64-specific) it should be
OK just to enable it for that.

Peter.

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