I'm using GCC 4.2.2 ported to AROS (i386), a system that does not have ELF-style shared libraries. Now I'm compiling a library that wants to compile with -fPIC and for various reasons I can't easily turn that off. I can successfully produce a static (.a) library. When trying to link something with this library, the link fails as the symbol '_GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_' is not defined. I understand what this symbol is for, but I don't see how to arrange for it be included. Its very difficult to find information about it, but as far as I can tell gcc/libgcc provides it. My guess is that when our GCC port was originally done this was disabled/not enabled because we don't have shared libraries. I'm having a hard time seeing where and how this all works. Any guidance you could give would be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Rob.
