Re: [boost] Build system/GCC questions

From: jk_at_[hidden]
Date: 2001-06-07 23:36:45

5 Jun 2001 16:01:49 +0400 David Abrahams ÎÁÐÉÓÁÌ:
>Is it acceptable for boost to build everything with -fPIC on platforms where
>it matters? (BTW, we are not supporting old broken compilers like egcs-1.1)

I'd say it is not acceptable. I don't want to pay for what I don't use, even
for unnecessary PIC CPU instructions.

>design of the build system, and whether shared and static libraries must be
>considered distinct top-level targets,

Yes, why not?

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jk