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Re: A ELF executable can be reloctable?

To: Cliff Tsai <clifftsai at minecard dot com dot tw>
Subject: Re: A ELF executable can be reloctable?
From: Jonathan Larmour <jlarmour at redhat dot com>
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 20:48:49 +0000
Cc: crossgcc <crossgcc at sources dot redhat dot com>
Organization: Red Hat UK Ltd.
References: <00fc01c09c6c$2d29f7a0$b200a8c0@minecard.com.tw>

> Cliff Tsai wrote:
> 
> Hi:
>     We know that a ELF shared library is dynamic linking and
>     reloctable,

Actually they don't always need to be relocatable, although it is
recommended and usually what you want.

> and how about the ELF executables?
>     Are ELF executables reloctable?

Not by default. In general, you need to compile with -fPIC to get this
although the specifics can differ between architectures.

Jifl
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