prelink and PIC (question)

[Charles Samuels]

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I'm not sure this is the best place to send this mail, but it's the only place 
I could find.

Please CC me when replying.

I want to know why PIC is required for prelinking.

Using PIC results in a reduction in the amount of relocations needed (correct 
me if I'm wrong) by putting the an address of the .so in a register.  Prelink 
does the relocation at .so installation time, rather than runtime.

So, shouldn't prelink render PIC obsolete, rather than required?

Please, fill me in.  (and CC to me!)

- -Charles

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Charles Samuels <address@hidden>
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