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diff -Nrup a/sysdeps/i386/Makefile b/sysdeps/i386/Makefile
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--- a/sysdeps/i386/Makefile	2012-06-05 07:42:49.000000000 -0600
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+++ b/sysdeps/i386/Makefile	2012-06-07 12:15:21.826318641 -0600
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@@ -62,6 +64,14 @@ endif
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 ifneq (,$(filter -mno-tls-direct-seg-refs,$(CFLAGS)))
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 defines += -DNO_TLS_DIRECT_SEG_REFS
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+else
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+# .a libraries are not performance critical and so we
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+# build them without direct TLS segment references
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+# always.
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+CPPFLAGS-.o += -DNO_TLS_DIRECT_SEG_REFS
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+CFLAGS-.o += -mno-tls-direct-seg-refs
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+CPPFLAGS-.oS += -DNO_TLS_DIRECT_SEG_REFS
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+CFLAGS-.oS += -mno-tls-direct-seg-refs
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 endif
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 ifeq ($(subdir),elf)