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

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------- Additional Comments From mharris at www.linux.org.uk  2005-03-17 15:57 -------
Without this patch, KDE and all KDE apps would not compile on x86.  KDE
libraries link to various X libraries including static only libs.  If the
static only libs, are not PIC, then it either wont compile, or it wont
prelink or both.  I don't remember the details, but we have solved the
problem for about 2 years now by setting StaticNeedsPicForShared YES.

Rather than it continuing to be a Red Hat specific modification, I figured
it would be best to merge it upstream and drop the local change.

I can probably hunt down RHAT bugzilla bugs this fixes if that is
really necessary.  Alternatively, I can disable the local modification,
and get our KDE maintainer to rebuild KDE and file bugs here for review
in case someone has ideas of a better solution rather than setting
"StaticNeedsPicForShared YES".          
     
     
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