On 6/9/12 1:25 PM, Nick Wellnhofer wrote:
The problem is that Parrot's build system defaults to Perl's compiler flags. I guess that's where the "pie" flags come from. For a quick fix, one could add some code to the build system that removes those flags. For a real solution, Parrot should provide it's own compiler flags. I started some work in this direction quite a while ago in branch nwellnhof/compiler_flags.
I remember that branch! It still builds: http://smolder.parrot.org/app/projects/report_details/29368
But I didn't get much feedback and support, and this is something that has to be tested on all supported platforms.
Yes, it is quite a formidable task. The number of people who are expert on the subject of compiler flags is not large, and when you contemplate crossing platforms that number gets still smaller.
From what (little) I could understand by looking at that Debian correspondence, it appears the problem of 'pie' flags is difficult even for them!
Thank you very much. Jim Keenan _______________________________________________ http://lists.parrot.org/mailman/listinfo/parrot-dev
