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Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 10:01:15 +0200
From: Martin Mares <mj@ucw.cz>
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Hello!

> Instead removes the assumption the code is linked to run at 0.  The
> binary code is already PIC, this makes the build process the same way,
> making the build requirements more flexible. 

What are the reasons to do this change? The assumption that "linked at 0"
assumptions looks pretty harmless and the "-start"'s everywhere are ugly.

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