Lin George <george4academic@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > I am confused about the meaning and function of -fpic > and -fPIC option of gcc. I am more confused when after > reading the manual of gcc (for example, what means > PIC, GOT, constant addresses, etc.). Could anyone > explain to me what are their functions in easy to > understand words? If we could write it better, we would. Very short and incomplete version which may suffice for your purposes: the -fpic and -fPIC options are for generating code that will be put into a shared library on an ELF system. GNU/Linux is an example of an ELF system. Ian
