Re: please drop whatever you're doing and add -fPIC to all your rockspecs.

[Rob Kendrick <rjek@...>]

On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:57:36 +0200
steve donovan <steve.j.donovan@gmail.com> wrote:

> > Is this to say that it will pass -fPIC -DPIC /regardless/ of what
> > the CPU is when running under, say, Linux?  
> 
> No, not yet ;)  ( It's not my call, seems a sensible move.) I meant
> that you get it it in the case that often breaks builds, x86_64 and OS

Not only is it sensible, it's essential for properly working shared
objects.

Incidentally, I think it would be a great improvement if LuaRocks used
libtool if it is installed to build shared objects, because that almost
always gets it right, where everybody else almost always gets it wrong.

B.