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Re: [PATCH] Makefile: set USE_PIC on Linux x86_64 for linking with Git.pm

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PRPavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
Date
Jun 28, 2006, 20:52 UTC
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On Wed, 2006-06-28 at 21:21 +0200, Marco Roeland wrote:
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> I certainly do not know cases outside Linux where this might break on
> x86-64. I just tried to limit it to the case I could test. But perhaps
> someone with an x86-64 BSD or Solaris might try it?
> 
> To paraphrase Dave Jones: I type 'make', it fails. Some 'git log' later
> I realise I have to manually define 'USE_PIC'. Hey, why doesn't it work
> automagically?

Automagically? You should search the archives for "Autoconf". When I proposed using it, the hell broke loose. Now let me indulge in Schadenfreude :-)

I guess I'll need to argue with a working patch next time.
-- 
Regards,
Pavel Roskin
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Message 6 of 13 in “Makefile: set USE_PIC on Linux x86_64 for linking with Git.pm”
  1. Makefile: set USE_PIC on Linux x86_64 for linking with Git.pmMarco Roeland, Jun 28, 2006
  2. Junio C HamanoJun 28, 2006
  3. Junio C HamanoJun 28, 2006
  4. Marco RoelandJun 28, 2006
  5. Makefile: set USE_PIC on Linux x86_64 for linking with Git.xsMarco Roeland, Jun 28, 2006
  6. Pavel RoskinJun 28, 2006
  7. Jakub NarebskiJun 29, 2006
  8. Pavel RoskinJun 30, 2006
  9. Jakub NarebskiJun 30, 2006
  10. Marco RoelandJun 28, 2006
  11. Junio C HamanoJun 28, 2006
  12. Sergey VlasovJun 29, 2006
  13. Josef WeidendorferJun 29, 2006

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