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authorhubertf <hubertf@pkgsrc.org>2000-12-06 16:33:01 +0000
committerhubertf <hubertf@pkgsrc.org>2000-12-06 16:33:01 +0000
commit170a7e290e06a0be7166003cacbcd2aa7c63557e (patch)
tree586cafcd57b26e57e6f7537edc6480facced0f71 /sysutils
parent90f1a1dea46ba3532fc7fff22b0ca06644c57bb9 (diff)
downloadpkgsrc-170a7e290e06a0be7166003cacbcd2aa7c63557e.tar.gz
Complete last sentence, and mention that -fpic and -fPIC compiled objects
can't be mixed - the REAL reason for this pkg
Diffstat (limited to 'sysutils')
-rw-r--r--sysutils/c++rt0/pkg/DESCR14
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/sysutils/c++rt0/pkg/DESCR b/sysutils/c++rt0/pkg/DESCR
index 2b753821c21..d830fbca4ad 100644
--- a/sysutils/c++rt0/pkg/DESCR
+++ b/sysutils/c++rt0/pkg/DESCR
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-The default NetBSD/sparc /usr/lib/c++rt0.o is compiled -fpic. This
-means it can only handle offsets up to a certain size, and can fail
-to work in large programs. Compiling -fPIC allows larger offsets
-and should permit large programs to function.
+The default NetBSD/sparc /usr/lib/c++rt0.o is compiled -fpic. This means
+it can only handle offsets up to a certain size, and can fail to work in
+large programs. Compiling -fPIC allows larger offsets and should permit
+large programs to function. As mixing object files compiled with -fpic
+and -fPIC isn't allowed, the system c++rt0.o must be exchanged so that
+-fPIC can be used everywhere.
-This package allows most of pkgsrc on NetBSD/sparc systems before the
-1.4.3 release (which already contains this fix).
+This package allows most of pkgsrc to compile on NetBSD/sparc systems
+which run an OS version prior to 1.4.3 (which already contains this fix).