Linux shared libraries - I'm confused

[Steve Teale]

Matthias Walter Wrote:

> Steve Teale Wrote:
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> > I've seen it said that dmd does not support creation of Linux shared libraries, but I've also seen it said that you can use dmd -c to create a .o file, and then use gcc -shared ... to create an so. Can anyone clarify the position here please?
> > 
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> AFAIK dmd cannot create position independent code. So, you can link it this way but the code is not guaranteed to work. But with gdc you can use -fpic to generate such code.
> 
> best regards
> Matthias

Hmm, well that's a bit of a show-stopper for Linux coding then isn't it. Am I also correct in thinking that GDC does not support D version 2 yet?