http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=57409
Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou at gcc dot gnu.org> changed:
What |Removed |Added
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Summary|implement PIE support on |implement PIE support or
|Solaris |reject -pie option
--- Comment #6 from Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
> I see different possible solutions:
>
> 1) gcc toolchain detects that it is using a linker that does not support pie
> and issue a error "unsupported flag" when we try to use pie
>
> 2) enter a binutils bug report asking to do a nop when it receives pie flags
> for a platform that does not support it (as does solaris standard ld)
>
> 3) Ask Todd to check if pie is working from configure script.
>
> Of course 3) will only fix sudo and no other packages trying to use pie.
>
> What do you prefer?
No strong opinion, but PIE is essentially a Linux thing so it shouldn't be
enabled by default everywhere (unless you really know what you are doing).
The failure mode could admittedly be improved though, so let's record that.
