[Bug 2739] StaticNeedsPicForShared YES is required on x86 by default

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------- Additional Comments From ajax at nwnk.net  2005-03-15 10:15 -------
i'm not convinced of this.  my understanding was that x86 allowed you to build
shared libraries non-PIC, but that they would have massive text relocations as a
result.  this isn't necessarily a link-time failure on stock x86, though it can
be one for (for example) PaX systems, and it'll make prelink very unhappy.

not that i disagree with the patch, textrels are bad things, but i don't think
non-PIC static libs are necessarily fatal for x86.  could you clarify the
motivation for this patch?          
     
     
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