Hello developers,

I've got a question regarding PIC and shared libraries.

There are numerous libFOO_pic.a files in /usr/lib, let's
pick libc_pic.a as an example.
If I understand this issue correctly, libc_pic.a consists
of exactly these object files which are also used to
generate libc.so.X.Y - not more and not less.

Now, what are these PIC libraries being used for, especially
on ELF systems?

Would it be possible to get rid of every libFOO_pic.a for
which an appropriate libFOO.so.X.Y exists, or are these
still being used for something?

Thanks,
//Thorsten
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