> > > Why do we not have shared libraries on NetBSD/vax? Sorry if this is a
> > > very naive question.
> > > 
> > Because noone has taught gcc to produce pic-code for vax.
> 
> Interesting... Unless my memory totally fails me, the VAX very much works
> the same way as the PDP-11, on which  you really had to get explicit to
> avoid getting PIC code. So, either gcc is more than just a little stupid,
> or some strange solutions have been used...
> 
It's not the PIC code itself, it's the GOT references that need to 
be written. The rest is "by magic" :-)

-- Ragge