Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 12:00:05 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, Mark E. wrote:

> > that should be handled in binutils (ie add support to bfd) or gcc (ie
> > disallow -fPIC for a djgpp host).
> 
> My option is the compiler should reject -fPIC.

Can't judge looking at the patch alone: is this guaranteed to be
invoked only when producing native DJGPP executables?

I think we shouldn't close the way to those who might want to use DJGPP
to produce cross-compiled programs, or build custom executables that
aren't supposed to become standard DJGPP .exe programs.