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doc bug on -shared/-fpic/-fPIC

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From: Karl Berry
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 1995 00:00
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Some documentation things about 2.7.1:

    `-shared'
         Produce a shared object which can then be linked with other
         objects to form an executable.  Only a few systems support this
         option.

This does not mention that -fpic (or -fPIC) needs to be supplied as
well, at least on some systems. (Perhaps -shared should imply -fpic
where necessary?)

    `-fpic'
         ...
         recompile with `-fPIC' instead.  (These maximums are 16k on the
         m88k, 8k on the Sparc, and 32k on the m68k and RS/6000.  The 386
         has no such limit.)

It would be helpful if this mentioned the limit on HPPA.

    `-fPIC'
         ...
         size of the global offset table.  This option makes a difference
         on the m68k, m88k and the Sparc.

And the hppa. Also, there's no comma before the `and', as seems to be
the convention elsewhere in the manual.
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Subject: doc bug on -shared/-fpic/-fPIC
Date: 1995/11/23
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