PIC default check

[Geoff Keating]

> Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1998 01:45:50 +0100
> From: ralf@uni-koblenz.de
> 
> I assume the change documented below has been added because I mentioned
> that PIC code is default on MIPS?  Or is there another reason as well?
...
> As things are, this change does alot more bad than good things for MIPS.
> Certain files like init-first.c now always get compiled the same no matter
> whether they're going into the static lib or a shared lib.
[comments on how to make it work snipped].

This would be good for powerpc, too.  You can use code compiled with
-fpic in executables, and it would save much time and disk space when
building glibc.

-- 
Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@ozemail.com.au>