Sameer Naik wrote: > i would like to know what -DPIC linker flag mean. Tried to search in > the gcc man page, but couldnt find. > I've seen its usage as -fPIC -DPIC and id like to know whats it for.. It is not a linker flag, it is a preprocessor flag. It defines the PIC macro, the equivalent of "#define PIC 1", just like any other regular preprocessor macro or -D option. What that actually means would depend on the specific code being compiled. I would hazard a guess that this flag is automatically supplied by libtool just in case the object may need this knowledge, but that it isn't actually needed or utilized much. You'd have to search the code being compiled for any "#if PIC" or "#ifdef PIC"-type constructs. From a quick search at <http://www.google.com/codesearch?hl=en&lr=&q=%22%23ifdef+PIC%22> it would appear that this is used mainly when inline assembler is involved, so that a version can be included that uses the GOT. Brian
