[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Make libpostproc build both shared and static from the same objects

[Diego Biurrun]

On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 07:37:31PM +0100, Diego 'Flameeyes' Petten? wrote:
> 
> The attached patch makes libpostproc build the static archive using the
> same (PIC) objects used for shared objects. This way it avoids compiling
> the postprocess.c file twice for the same result (by default here at
> least it gets -fPIC on both), and it also does not fail anymore to be
> considered by make depend.

It does not get -fPIC here on x86_32 while it does on PPC.

Yes, I have often wondered about this anomaly myself, but I'm not sure
what the original reason to handle things this way were.  Can anybody
enlighten us please?

Diego