[Gs-devel] Linux shared object

[Russell Lang]

The current procedure for building Ghostscript as shared object uses 
a recursive make, to define different build directories and compiler 
options.  I'd like to remove the recursive make if possible. To do 
this, the standard Ghostscript executable would need to be compiled 
with the appropriate options for building a shared library.  In 
particular, source files would need to be compiled with "gcc -fPIC".  
Is there any speed or size penalty in compiling all of Ghostscript 
using -fPIC then linking without -fPIC for the executable, and 
linking with -fPIC to create a shared object?   



Russell Lang                   gsview at ghostgum.com.au
Ghostgum Software Pty Ltd      http://www.ghostgum.com.au/