https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=91744
Bug ID: 91744 Summary: -fno-pie is not honored Product: gcc Version: unknown Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: noloader at gmail dot com Target Milestone: --- From Initial SUPERCOP Haswell results for round 2 (https://groups.google.com/a/list.nist.gov/d/msg/pqc-forum/kiMo-1jBwDI/KS8VtDwWAgAJ): $ cat x.c #include <stdio.h> extern int thenumber(void); int main() { printf("%d\n",thenumber()); return 0; } $ cat y.c static int myconstant = 5; int thenumber(void) { return myconstant; } And then: $ gcc -c x.c; clang -c y.c; gcc -o x x.o y.o /usr/bin/ld: y.o: relocation R_X86_64_32S against `.data' can not be used when making a PIE object; recompile with -fPIC /usr/bin/ld: final link failed: Nonrepresentable section on output collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status And finally with -fno-pie: $ gcc -c x.c; clang -c y.c; gcc -fno-pie -o x x.o y.o /usr/bin/ld: y.o: relocation R_X86_64_32S against `.data' can not be used when making a PIE object; recompile with -fPIC /usr/bin/ld: final link failed: Nonrepresentable section on output collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status