> On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 12:17:43PM +0200, Szabolcs Nagy wrote:
>> * Isaac Dunham <idunham@lavabit.com> [2012-10-15 21:12:31 -0700]:
>> > +# Older PCC versions don't define __PIC__ with -fPIC
>> > +#
>> > +tryflag CFLAG_TEST "-x c"
>> > +printf '#ifndef __PIC__\n__PIC__=0\n#endif\n' | \
>> > +$CC -E $CFLAG_TEST -fPIC - | grep __PIC__ && \
>> > +CFLAGS_SHARED_ALL="$CFLAGS_SHARED_ALL -D__PIC__=1"
>> > +
>>
>> i don't think it's worth adding such checks
>>
> Agreed. I don't think there's a point in supporting old compiler
> versions except when there are possibly-compelling reasons to use
> them.

Dropping that.