Building and linking shared libaries for multiple differentversions of UNIX

[David Collier-Brown]

Richard Sharpe wrote:
>
> 1. Do the flags for generating PIC differ from system to system, esp if
> using the native compilers?
	
	Slightly: Solaris SC6.1 defines -K PIC and -K pic,
	and allows you to say -KPIC and -Kpic.  You should
	always say PIC, not pic, as the small library option
	is only for **quite** small libraries. Smbwrappers
	is on th verge of overflowing it.
 
> If so, I imagine I can get away with defining the appropriate flags
> (PICFLAGS) and passing them to the compiler in Makefile.

	That's what I do.
> 
> 2. Can I get away with defining something like SOLDFLAGS, and simply pass
> that to $(LD)?

	Yes, for Solaris and Linux.

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