From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 18:53:00 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Makefile: set USE_PIC on Linux x86_64 for linking with Git.pm
Message-ID: <7vr719159v.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <20060628183557.GA5713@fiberbit.xs4all.nl>

Marco Roeland <marco.roeland@xs4all.nl> writes:

> In commit 6294a10 it was noted that "on x86-64 it seems that Git.xs does
> not link without compiling the main git objects with -fPIC". Set it
> therefore automatically on this platform.

I agree with it in principle but was too lazy to do that myself.
I wonder it should be inside Linux, though.

>  ifeq ($(uname_S),Linux)
>  	NO_STRLCPY = YesPlease
> +	ifneq (,$(findstring x86_64,$(uname_M)))
> +		USE_PIC = YesPlease
> +	endif
>  endif