[Kst] RE: error message

[George Staikos]

On Friday 18 March 2005 10:48, Brisset, Nicolas wrote:
> >   Correct.  The problem, however, is not finding the library,
> > but actually loading it.  Using a non-PIC library linked to
> > the PIC code in Kst is technically against the rules, but
> > just happens to work by coincidence on x86 Linux.  On my
> > powerbook, for instance, it would crash.
>
> So, you mean linking to a non-PIC .a library is not a good idea ?

   In Kst, correct, we should not link to non-PIC .a files.  It will break, 
for sure, on some platforms.

> By the 
> way, is it also wrong to create a .a lib from files compiled with -fPIC
> ?

   No.  We do that in Kst even.  Kst compiles several helper libraries 
initially, which are .a library (static) with PIC code.

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