From 975c168c503d031bc719f6c424bcd30247ca229e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adnan Yunus <adnan@opus.ai>
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2020 18:28:22 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] added position independent documentation

---
 doc/usage.rst | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/usage.rst b/doc/usage.rst
index b2eeaa98..91d3c089 100644
--- a/doc/usage.rst
+++ b/doc/usage.rst
@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ To build a `shared library`__ set the ``BUILD_SHARED_LIBS`` CMake variable to
 
 __ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_%28computing%29#Shared_libraries
 
+
+To build a `static library`__ with position independent code (required if the main consumer of the fmt library is a shared library i.e. python extension) set the ``CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE`` CMake variable to
+``TRUE``::
+
+  cmake -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=TRUE ...
+
+
 Installing the Library
 ======================