Subject: Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc
To: None <hubertf@netbsd.org>
From: Havard Eidnes <he@netbsd.org>
List: source-changes
Date: 10/05/2000 15:53:54
> The default NetBSD/sparc /usr/lib/c++rt0.o is compiled -fpic. This
> means it can only handle offsets up to a certain size, and can fail
> to work in large programs. Compiling -fPIC allows larger offsets
> and should permit large programs to function.
>
> This package allows most of pkgsrc on NetBSD/sparc 1.4.x systems.

This only holds true for NetBSD/sparc 1.4.x where x <=3D 2.

c++rt0.o is compiled with -fPIC for 1.4.3.

- H=E5vard