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@@ -464,11 +464,18 @@ can be found then it should be implemented. I can't find one at the moment.
<filename>.text</filename> sections.
This situation can result in a performance impact
at runtime.
- <note><title>Tip</title>
- If you do experience runtime performance issues,
- you could try assigning "-fPIC/-fpic" to
- <filename>gcc</filename>.
- </note>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Typically, the way to solve this performance issue is to
+ add "-fPIC" to the compiler command-line options.
+ For example, given software that reads
+ <link linkend='var-CFLAGS'><filename>CFLAGS</filename></link>
+ when you build it, you can add the following to your
+ recipe:
+ <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+ CFLAGS_append = " -fPIC "
+ </literallayout>
</para>
<para>