th-nozaki@netwrk.co.jp wrote:

> i think it's better to use __PIC__ flag instead of -D_I18N_DYNAMIC.
> any comment?

It won't work because __PIC__ is always (even for libc.a)
defined on (at least) mips.

---
% uname -p
i386
% % cat > foo.c
#ifdef __PIC__
#error __PIC__ is defined.
#endif
main(){}
% cc foo.c
% 
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% uname -p
mipsel
% cat > foo.c
#ifdef __PIC__
#error __PIC__ is defined.  
#endif
main(){}
% cc foo.c
foo.c:2:2: error: #error __PIC__ is defined.
% 
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I think reverting libc/Makefile to rev 1.127 is the right way.
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Izumi Tsutsui