Thank you Ian, The last question, could you provide some reference materials to read on this topic. My background is I have used for C/C++ compiler/linker for years and I know something about compiler/linker internals, but not too much (for example, the differences which -fpic and -fPIC will impact). regards, George --- Ian Lance Taylor <iant@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Lin George <george4academic@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > I think if -fpic will generate less information > than > > -fPIC in GOT, we will be impacted by such > information > > when develop/debug?? For example, missing some > symbol > > names will make debugger fail to find > > function/variable names. > > Using -fpic will not affect the debugging > information. > > The difference between -fpic and -fPIC is that some > large programs > will fail to link if you use -fpic. All programs > will link if you use > -fPIC. > > Ian > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
